“Is this in itself already foreign to the Orthodox?”
Yes.
What is the Orthodox grasp on faith and reason?
Based on the writings from NewAdvent, the Catholic Church looks upon Anselm’s writings on the Atonement as kind of the genesis of thought but not the final word. It would be interesting to compare current Orthodox and Catholic perspectives. While we often discuss differences between these two churches (church authority, the filoque, etc), the atonement doesn’t seem to be one of them. Is there a difference in views?
Now, one may point out that Boso is completely fictional and Trypho could have been an actual opponent. But it does not seem to be a distinction strong enough to condemn the dialog method as "foreign". If you are with me so far, we are left with
As the right order requires us to believe the deep things of Christian faith before we undertake to discuss them by reason; so to my mind it appears a neglect if, after we are established in the faith, we do not seek to understand what we believe. Therefore, since I thus consider myself to hold the faith of our redemption, by the prevenient grace of God, so that, even were I unable in any way to understand what I believe, still nothing could shake my constancy; I desire that you I should discover to me, what, as you know, many besides myself ask
Is this breaking up the faith stage and the reason stage "foreign"?