{"id":9307,"date":"2021-01-10T12:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T17:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=9307"},"modified":"2021-01-09T17:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T22:59:57","slug":"fr-seraphim-rose-on-orthodoxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=9307","title":{"rendered":"Fr Seraphim Rose+ on Orthodoxy…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The path of salvation is very narrow, but
\nOrthodoxy alone of all the religions is God’s religion; and
\ntherefore it does not deny those faculties which God gave us,
\nespecially reason which is the faculty by which we understand
\nTruth.<\/p>\n

And so it is that Orthodoxy is the one religion because it is
\nthe true religion, God=s religion, which has the answer to all,
\nwhich understands everything which happens in the world. That
\ndoes not mean that we have necessarily an absolute answer to
\neverything, because that’s also a characteristic of sectarian
\nmentality: they have an instant answer and they give it to you
\nvery simplified and there’s no argument. With Orthodoxy, rather,
\nwe open our minds because since we have the truth we are not
\nafraid of whatever science may say, or philosophy or writers,
\nartists. We are not afraid of them; we can look at them with our
\nOrthodox understanding and with an open mind and with an
\nopen heart to see what really is positive and understand whether
\nthey are valuable or not valuable, whether they are beneficial,
\nwhether they are harmful.<\/p>\n

– Orthodox Survival Guide<\/p>\n

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