An Exploration of Orthodoxy in Chinese Philosophy | Public Lecture
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Novice Jeffrey Hagiogrēgoritēs, who will be graduating from Saint Photios Orthodox Theological Seminary with the Bachelor of Theology degree in May 2024, gave a riveting lecture at the Seminary entitled “What Has China To Do With Jerusalem?: An Exploration of Orthodoxy in Chinese Philosophy.”
In his lecture, Brother Jeffrey dives into ancient Chinese philosophy, Taoism, and Confucianism, by examining the Shang Shu, the Tao Te Ching, and the works of Confucius. Through analyzing these texts and the Church Fathers, Brother Jeffrey outlines the parallels between ancient Chinese philosophy and Orthodox Christian theology.
This video includes the full lecture presented by Brother Jeffrey, as well as the question and answer session.
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Thank you very much for your presentation, Brother Jeffrey ☦️. My wife is native Chinese while I am American and have just recently been baptized (glory to God!). While my wife has been very supportive of my joining the Church, she has yet to devote much time to learn about and experience Orthodoxy. I hope that sharing your talk with her will allow her to identify a personally relevant connection between her heritage and the teachings of the Church. Thank you for providing a beautiful bridge between the Far and Near East!
hey, also there's a great book by Don Richardson called the Melquizedect factor or something like that wich he in some moment shares how some missioneries entered the asian and especifically chinese culture through their language symbols
let us know what she said
On the same wavelength as the person questioning the need to go looking for gold in Chinese philosophy when Orthodoxy already holds it all…. for myself this analysis is useful and even needed in a practical sense. I am a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner (acupuncturist and use of TCM herbal medicine) in the US though currently not practicing to be home with my children. I have recently converted to Eastern Orthodoxy. I feel that the more I understand orthodoxy the more I actually understand Chinese medicine. I would love there to be more of an understanding of some of the concepts we use in TCM from an Orthodox perspective such as Shen so that I am more in alignment with God. I feel that what is taught in acupuncture school has been hollowed out due to the materialism of the ages and Orthodoxy can actually fill in those gaps. So to come full circle in my thoughts, what I am saying is that an analysis such as this is deeply useful for those of who are hands-on practitioners of other ancient philosophies and are practicing at such a loss and lack of understanding of how the ancients perceived the world. It can make us better practitioners and more in correct alignment (for lack of a better word). I hope this makes sense.
I'm honestly astonished by this. I was talking with a friend via Twitter about my interest in Orthodoxy and that I sensed its appeal was rooted in my love (but limited knowledge) of Eastern Philosophy and Religion. I was actually reading some of Cao Cao's poetry and reading some of the Tao and felt a connection there with Eastern Orthodoxy.
Thank you for the presentation. As an ethnically Chinese Orthodox I'm very grateful for this. 基督復活了！
Thank you so much for making this public. I’m very interested in this topic, and I can’t wait to see his future work and publications.
Glory to God for this gathering. Christ is Risen ! Indeed He is Risen !
It's such an impressive job, thank you! For the Orthodox of Russia (I am one) this information may become especially relevant. Christ is Risen!
Holy Father Saint John Maximovich pray to God for us ☦️
That's.an amazing presentation for the Chinese philosophy comparing the orthodox theology!
Fascinating presentation. Your excellent pronunciation of the Chinese terms reveals a thorough familiarity with the language as well!
My brothers ☦️
An excellent presentation! Thank you!
This was so good! I want to hear more and more from Brother. God Bless you!
Thank you very much for this enlightening and edifying lecture. Do you have a recommendation for a modern translation for Lao Tzu and Confucius that is fluid and accurate?
Christ is risen! Thank you very much.
This reminds me of the book The Discovery of Genesis: How the Truths of Genesis Were Found Hidden in the Chinese Language
Book by C. H. Kang and Ethel R Nelson.
The book makes the claim that the stories of Genesis, Noahs flood, the garden, babel etc hidden in the characters of the Chinese language.
Also, the ancient Chinese were monotheistic and worshipped the God of Heaven, Shang Di. Interestingly the name that gentiles use in the old Testament for the One True God is "The God of Heaven" (seafarers in book of Jonah), similar to how the Proto Indo Europeans called God Sky-Father, Dyus Pater.
The ancient Chinese emporer would also perform a yearly sacrifice to Shang Di, called the border sacrifice which parallels how Noah and Abraham worshipped. In addition, in ancient Chinese temples there was no image of Shang Di, paralleling the Temple in Jerusalem not depicting God.
yeah i think this points to a memory of a previously shared culture
非常感谢！I was thinking what would be really cool would be if you could do a series on communicating about orthodox faith in 中文. I spend about two months a year in China (leaving in a few days actually), and often interact with Chinese people here in the states. Probably a very limited audience 😂 But then again don’t know until you try. Just a thought brother.
Sincerity = being genuine? Walking in truth?
The connection with spontaneity would be that you haven’t planned everything you’re going to do / say to try and manipulate a result. But you’re truly acting from the heart? Just a guess
As Russia and China are getting closer, lets pray more Chinese are exposed to Orthodoxy.
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