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Silk Road Seminar - Bishop Maximus

Thank you for joining us for this special installment of the Silk Road Seminars, hosted by John Vervaeke. Today’s guest is Bishop Maximus, a theologian, scholar, and Orthodox bishop known for his profound work reviving patristic epistemology. A key contributor to the Philosophical Silk Road project, Bishop Maximus explores how early Christian thinkers like Clement of Alexandria integrated Greek philosophy with theological doctrine—offering powerful alternatives to modern skepticism. If you’d like to be added to the guest list for future Q&A sessions, you can sign up at the Gamma Tier (and above) on The Lectern: 👉 https://lectern.teachable.com/p/lecte... Currently enrolled university students, from undergrad to doctoral studies, can attend Q&As for free by emailing proof of enrollment to Ethan at: [email protected] If you’d like to donate purely out of goodwill to support John’s work, please consider joining our Patreon: 👉   / johnvervaeke   The Vervaeke Foundation is committed to advancing the scientific pursuit of wisdom and creating a significant impact on the world. https://vervaekefoundation.org/ Awaken to Meaning offers regular practices endorsed by John to help cultivate virtues and deepen your connection to reality and relationships. https://awakentomeaning.com/join-prac... Notes: 00:00 – Introduction and Guest Introductions 01:00 – How Bishop Maximus inspired the Philosophical Silk Road project 04:00 – Clement of Alexandria and the fusion of Greek philosophy and Christian theology 08:30 – Faith as a foundation for knowledge: critique of Enlightenment skepticism 12:30 – Clement’s response to Hume and the problem of induction 17:00 – Faith as preconception, intention, and intellectual assent 21:30 – Faith versus deterministic belief systems and heretical Gnostic views 25:00 – Voluntary belief as a moral and philosophical act 29:00 – The relationship between faith, will, and moral striving 32:30 – Faith as spiritual ascent and the precondition for rationality 36:30 – Clement’s view of revelation and divine reality 41:00 – Levels of faith and recursive participation in reality 45:00 – The symbolic structure of knowledge and being 48:00 – Concluding Clement’s view: faith makes the world intelligible and livable 53:00 – The necessity of large world “break-ins” and the case for prophecy 57:00 – Dialogue on voluntary necessity in reason, love, and normativity 01:00:30 – Faith as the practice of voluntary necessity 01:03:00 – Closing thoughts on recursion, symbols, and future discussions Follow John Vervaeke: 🌐 Website: https://johnvervaeke.com/ 🐦 Twitter:   / vervaeke_john   📺 YouTube:    / @johnvervaeke   💡 Patreon:   / johnvervaeke