In 7 I asked “the separation of faith and reason, to the point of taking the point of view of the infidels [— is] this in itself already foreign to the Orthodox?”
You responded “Yes” in 8. I am trying to understand what exactly is foreign since the dialog method evidently is not.
“In 7 I asked “the separation of faith and reason, to the point of taking the point of view of the infidels [— is] this in itself already foreign to the Orthodox?”
You responded “Yes” in 8. I am trying to understand what exactly is foreign since the dialog method evidently is not.”
OK. What is foreign is that we are the “rational flock”. Reason, as perhaps opposed to logic, is inseparable from Faith. As for dealing with infidels by taking their pov, well that we simply wouldn’t do. In a modern context, we can see this in Orthodoxy’s participation in the WCC. We don’t accept the points of view of the heterodox and do not use their methods to advance Orthodoxy. We simply state our faith as the Church believes it to be.