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The Spiritual and Ecclesiastical Crisis We Now Face: An Interview with Professor of Orthodox Dogmatic Theology, Demetrios Tselengides (Part 1 of 3)

May 17, 2020 Demetrios Tselengides, Professor of Orthodox Dogmatic Theology at the University of Thessaloniki Season 1 Episode 14
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The Spiritual and Ecclesiastical Crisis We Now Face: An Interview with Professor of Orthodox Dogmatic Theology, Demetrios Tselengides (Part 1 of 3)
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The First of a Three-part series of interviews with Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Thessaloniki, Demetrios Tselingides, on the Ecclesiastical and Spiritual Crisis We Now Face. 

We have a tremendous need in the Church today for the Patristic word, for answers to the faithful’s questions, and the challenges the Church is facing, based upon the teaching of the Holy Fathers. This is especially true for those outside of Greece, in the West, who are troubled and scandalized by the response which has been offered to date, and who are in search of consolation and clarity. Professor Tselengides comes to fill this need today. 

Professor Tselingidis’ depth of knowledge, education, studies, diligent research and labor have made him an internationally renowned academic theologian of Orthodox Dogmatic Theology. His most important characteristic, however, is his work’s fidelity to the Holy Tradition and the Deposit of the Holy Fathers, a faithfulness he acquired by following experiential theologians of our day, such as Saints Paisios of Mt. Athos and Ephraim of Katounakia. He considers himself a humble minister, always emphasizing the absolute interrelation of right doctrine with the right way of life, distancing himself from the creation of a sterile, cold academic discourse.   

He is the author countless articles and seven books on Dogmatic Theology, covering a wide range of topics, including the theology of the icon, grace and freedom, critical studies of the doctrine of salvation in Luther and the satisfaction of divine justice in Anslem of Canterbury, the Soteriology of Western Christianity, and the presuppositions and criteria of Orthodox Theology. Through his many lectures, articles, and appeals to the hierarchy on pressing ecclesiastical matters such as the Orthodox-Roman Catholic, and Orthodox-Anti-Chalcedonian Dialogues, the documents of the Cretan council, and the Ukrainian schism Professor Tselingides has given much courage and consolation to the faithful. 

We come to him once again, during this time of troubles that the Church of Christ is facing, troubles not on account of a virus or pandemic, but on account of the undermining of, and departure from, the Orthodox Identity, Dogma and Ethos. 

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Introduction: Professor Demetrios Tselengides
First Question: How should we face this unprecedented situation in the Church?
A materialist approach even by many in the Church today
Spiritual Readiness: The Hesychast Tradition and Message
Kingdom Deactivated on Account of our Spiritual Rubble Within
Activating the Kingdom Within: The Parable of the Prodigal Son
Fear, the Tool of the enemy; Rights given to him by sin
The "Telegrams" sent by the enemy
Man's Entire Stance: Metanoia (Repentance)
The Uncreated Kingdom Pulverizes all the Rubble Within
The Church is the Hospital, the Mysteries Perfect Medicine
The Holy Icon Sanctifies Man: St. John of Damascus and St. Theodore the Studite
Spiritual Life Deactivated Within Immediately upon a fall: The Example of Adam and Eve
Second Question: The Canons of the Church are Spiritually Applied Immediately?
Try this Spiritual Experiment to See for Yourself
St. Symeon the New Theologian's 1000 Year Witness
The "Downpayment" and the Full Remission in Confession
The Mystery of Repentance if different from the Mystery of Confession
Third Question: Repentance is Only the First Turn?
Self-Visitation: Key in the Process of Repentance
The Prodigal Son's Stages of Return
Remission is Not Enough: Man Must Have Communion with Life
The Spiritual Liberty Given in the "Downpayment"
How Do We, now, with this Mindset, Approach the Spiritual Crisis?