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Here is the abstract for Metropolitan Jonah's talk:
ABSTRACT: St. Paul lays out a schema that was taken up by many of the Fathers that explains levels of maturity, not physical maturity but maturity of mind and heart, rational and noetic. These three categories are carnal, “psychic” meaning “soulish” but mistranslated “natural,” and spiritual or noetic. This schema has a direct relationship to conscious awareness, and how we understand and interpret what is read or heard. It also is a way of understanding ourselves, and in what ways we need to grow. Another paradigm is that the carnal mode is sensual, the “psychic” or soulish mode is ego-centric, and the spiritual mode is noetic.
The paper draws upon the writings of Nikitas Stithatos and St. Maximos the Confessor to describe in more detail these levels and the means of progressing from the lowest to the highest.
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This paper was presented at the 2025 PAIDEIA Society conference. It is being released simultaneously here on the Protecting Veil channel as well as on the PAIDEIA channel (link above).
This is the first of a series of videos I will be releasing from the 2025 gathering.
Here is the abstract for Metropolitan Jonah's talk:
ABSTRACT: St. Paul lays out a schema that was taken up by many of the Fathers that explains levels of maturity, not physical maturity but maturity of mind and heart, rational and noetic. These three categories are carnal, “psychic” meaning “soulish” but mistranslated “natural,” and spiritual or noetic. This schema has a direct relationship to conscious awareness, and how we understand and interpret what is read or heard. It also is a way of understanding ourselves, and in what ways we need to grow. Another paradigm is that the carnal mode is sensual, the “psychic” or soulish mode is ego-centric, and the spiritual mode is noetic.
The paper draws upon the writings of Nikitas Stithatos and St. Maximos the Confessor to describe in more detail these levels and the means of progressing from the lowest to the highest.
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Website: protectingveil.com
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