EPISODE · Feb 13, 2025 · 1H 4M
Misunderstanding Mystery | The Place of Philosophy in Orthodoxy
from The Nathan Jacobs Podcast · host Nathan Jacobs
This week Dr. Jacobs gives a rundown of mystery in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. You’ll get definitions, how he thinks the misunderstanding devolved, and the Chuch Fathers’ on natural theology. You’ll also get a little side tangent about the future of Orthodoxy in America. All the links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNathanJacobsPodcastX: https://x.com/NathanJacobsPodSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QSApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenathanjacobspodcastSubstack: https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/Website: https://www.nathanajacobs.com/Academia: https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/NathanAJacobs00:00:00 Intro 00:07:31 What is mystery?00:14:13 How did the understanding of “mystery” shift? 00:20:57 “The nous is more than mind” is true, but…00:29:46 St. Paul and Philosophy00:36:08 Orthodoxy in America, the best and worst cases00:52:51 Are the Church Fathers anti natural theology?
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This week Dr. Jacobs gives a rundown of mystery in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. You’ll get definitions, how he thinks the misunderstanding devolved, and the Chuch Fathers’ on natural theology. You’ll also get a little side tangent about the future of Orthodoxy in America. All the links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNathanJacobsPodcastX: https://x.com/NathanJacobsPodSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QSApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenathanjacobspodcastSubstack: https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/Website: https://www.nathanajacobs.com/Academia: https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/NathanAJacobs00:00:00 Intro 00:07:31 What is mystery?00:14:13 How did the understanding of “mystery” shift? 00:20:57 “The nous is more than mind” is true, but…00:29:46 St. Paul and Philosophy00:36:08 Orthodoxy in America, the best and worst cases00:52:51 Are the Church Fathers anti natural theology?
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