Thank you for this insight, Benjamin. According to Elder Zacharias, I think that St Sophrony would agree with you (I guess you're in good company : )
If I understand the Elder correctly, the Saint taught that the apophatic approach to defining God had been well-used when the Fathers were battling some of the original heresies. However, says the Elder, in this present day of mass skepticism, St Sophrony thought it might be more beneficial for the seeker to understand that a true knowing of God is progressive, and only occurs, not by understanding what God isn't, but by experiencing what God is.
Thank you for this insight, Benjamin. According to Elder Zacharias, I think that St Sophrony would agree with you (I guess you're in good company : )
If I understand the Elder correctly, the Saint taught that the apophatic approach to defining God had been well-used when the Fathers were battling some of the original heresies. However, says the Elder, in this present day of mass skepticism, St Sophrony thought it might be more beneficial for the seeker to understand that a true knowing of God is progressive, and only occurs, not by understanding what God isn't, but by experiencing what God is.