WHO IS THE EVIL ONE? Conversations with Metropolitan Hilarion: Episode 11.

In a series of conversations with Rod Dreher, Metropolitian Hilarion (Alfeyev) talks about Jesus, Biblical scholarship, Orthodox Christianity and the state of the modern world.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:22 Who is the Devil and where did he come from?
03:17 Is it possible to believe in the Devil without believing in God?
04:50 Temptations of Jesus in the desert. Jesus as the New Adam
08:42 God does not perform miracles for the sake of miracles
11:44 Dostoevsky's Legend of the Grand Inquisitor and the new challenge of A.I.
#Orthodoxy #Christianity #Jesus
#God #Metropolitan_Hilarion #Rod_Dreher #religion

[@SH-jg5zq]

Thanks

[@DesLimbo]

Met Hilarion’s books have been some of the more helpful theology that I’ve read and so I’m grateful I get to hear his perspective on things. He does well with succinct answers.

[@Hopeternal316]

Your voice is as soothing balm Metropolitan Hilarion, thanxs so much…

[@TheRadChadDad]

Cool discussion. ☦️☦️☦️

[@wordisbond007]

I need to get Metropolitan Hilarion books. 🙌

[@feeble_stirrings]

Love these conversations, thanks for sharing them!

[@brentlunger9738]

Unity, not forced unity, mind you, is more desirable than the notion of Christian progress through politics or voting

[@littlefishbigmountain]

Wait, when the devil tempted Jesus to turn stones into bread, it was for crowds? I thought it was to satisfy His own hunger..? I myself am a Byzantine-text guy, but I’m not aware of any gospel in any manuscript that says that. Is it that the text doesn’t NOT say that as well as a tradition (which I’m obviously unaware of) which says that there were crowds? I know I’ve seen archaeology programs where they go the that wilderness and it’s visible from some settlements nearby.

[@hunyuanzhuang78]

The greatest trick humans ever pulled was to invent the devil.

[@BaikalTii]

you mean the greatest trick of the devil was to convince humans he doesn't exist. FIFY

[@hunyuanzhuang78]

No, I meant it exactly the way I wrote it.

[@BaikalTii]

@@hunyuanzhuang78 I knew you did. I was trying to be gentle. You're in deep trouble, actually.

[@hunyuanzhuang78]

How you know I‘m in deep trouble? What gives you the confidence to say that?

[@johnnyd2383]

Metropolitan is somewhat controversial figure, some are accusing him to be a promoter of the pan-heresy of ecumenism, he references here Berdyaev who is also hardly Orthodox in his works... how the saying goes... if it squeaks like duck, walks like a duck, looks like a duck, then... it must be a duck.!

[@championphilip]

With all due respect, those who are accusing Metropolitan of 'promoting the pan-heresy of ecumenism' don't really know what they're talking about. He's made it crystal clear that under the current theological and canonical circumstances, a reunification of Christians would require an actual Divine miracle. See here, for example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZXVmXWheLKeask As for N. Berdyaev, there's absolutely nothing wrong in quoting him while discussing Dostoevsky's Legend of the Grand Inquisitor. Anyway, forgive me if I have somehow offended you and have a blessed Great Lent!