tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post2947446141774967901..comments2024-01-12T04:58:49.069-05:00Comments on Kyrie, Eleison!: Why We Should Never Accept Irrational (Self-Contradictory) TheologyAnastasia Theodoridishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-89302793455392828202009-08-17T11:37:59.338-04:002009-08-17T11:37:59.338-04:00Anastasia,
Illuminating post. I especially like ...Anastasia,<br /><br />Illuminating post. I especially like your distinction between rationalism and being rational. Orthodox Christians should have no problems with the latter because even in the Anaphora of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Sunday in and out, the priest says that we (i.e. congregation) offer to Thee this RATIONAL and bloodless worship. And I believe one of the pre-commuion prayers of the same saint says that (paraphrasing) as you (Christ) desired to dwell in a cave with irrational beasts so also deign to lie in the cave of my irrational soul.<br /><br />Christ is rational but that does not mean he is a student of rationalism. Now, that would be self-contradictory. But it's important to realize that though we live by faith, such faith is the very basis of being a rational creature.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200319733737651773noreply@blogger.com