EMPIRICAL DOGMATICS - VOLUME 1 by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos - Theological Studies - Book

Author: Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos Single books ship from USA, wholesale orders ship from Greece Empirical Dogmatics of the Orthodox Catholic Church according to the spoken teaching of Father John Romanides Paperback 327 pages Volume 1: Dogma-Ethics-Revelation The first of two volumes of the series Empirical Dogmatics in which Metropolitan Hierotheos presents Father John Romanides’ vivid teaching about what the Orthodox Church believes. Solidly based on the teaching of the Fathers, the approach is nevertheless unconventional and surprising. Empirical dogmatics is based on experience:  “Dogma is not to be believed. Dogma is to be experienced.”  Fr John draws parallels between theology and the positive sciences, particularly medicine and astronomy. The method proposed for approaching the teachings of the Church is experiment, experience, observation and recording, followed by verification of success. The aim is man’s glorification, which is reached by way of purification and il