I appreciate the zeal, joy, and wonder you embody in developing the analogies which embody the unity and diversity, i.e. the fullness, mystery, and beauty in nature as an expression of the divine.
This calls to mind the other analogy I have heard for tradition. Not only is it a tree, but it is a sculpture. We slowly chip away at the marble to uncover the figure lying within, and so just as we need to repeat the theme over and over again in different places and with different instruments to see the commonalities, so too do we slowly remove things to clarify what the original tradition was all along.
This is fantastic. I had not heard this analogy before, but it tracts exactly with what I was saying. Distinct varied actions all motivated by the discovery of the one form--I really appreciate this comment.
Most welcome! It is also related to a principle from Jim Pappendrea on Way of the Fathers (podcast). Its “Heresy forces Orthodoxy to define itself.” We all have an intuitive sense for what has been passed down, but its only when someone proposes something novel that we need to figure out exactly what.
I appreciate the zeal, joy, and wonder you embody in developing the analogies which embody the unity and diversity, i.e. the fullness, mystery, and beauty in nature as an expression of the divine.
This calls to mind the other analogy I have heard for tradition. Not only is it a tree, but it is a sculpture. We slowly chip away at the marble to uncover the figure lying within, and so just as we need to repeat the theme over and over again in different places and with different instruments to see the commonalities, so too do we slowly remove things to clarify what the original tradition was all along.
This is fantastic. I had not heard this analogy before, but it tracts exactly with what I was saying. Distinct varied actions all motivated by the discovery of the one form--I really appreciate this comment.
Most welcome! It is also related to a principle from Jim Pappendrea on Way of the Fathers (podcast). Its “Heresy forces Orthodoxy to define itself.” We all have an intuitive sense for what has been passed down, but its only when someone proposes something novel that we need to figure out exactly what.