The true science

1. Entity type Lemma
2. Original titleΗ αληθινή επιστήμη
3. Language term Greek, Modern (1453-)
4. lemma author Koutalis, Vangelis
5. lemma category Complementarity - Concepts of knowledge and modes of reasoning > Sources of knowledge (empiricism/rationalism) - Orthodox Anthropology - Ethics
6. Publication date 26-02-2017
7. lemma work Kantiotis, (Metropolite) Augoustinos [Author]. The true science
8. lemma manifestations Ορθόδοξος Έλληνας Επίσκοπος Αυγουστίνος Καντιώτης [website]
9. Keywords scientifc progress - world creation - limitations of human knowledge
10. Url Ορθόδοξος Έλληνας Επίσκοπος Αυγουστίνος Καντιώτης
11. Citations
    1. <p>Αugoustinos (Kantiotis) [Αυγουστίνος (Καντιώτης)] (1992). <em>Η αληθινή επιστήμη</em> [Transcript of a public speech made for the participants of the annual camping organized by the Holy Metropolis of Florina at the end of the period for Lyceum pupils].</p>
12. Lemma body

    1. Expressing, already from the outset, the view that the Church is not opposite to scientific progress, Metropolite Kantiotis argues that the Christian doctrine according to which human beings were created by God and gifted with intelligence is favourable towards science. Only human beings possess the ability to think, but the science which is appropriate to them should be marked by a sense of humility, by the awareness of the limits of human knowledge.

       Taking into consideration the vastness of the created universe, one can only be rationally led to the conclusion that God, indeed, created earth, along with all the existing stars and galaxies, out of love for human beings. The true science believes in the reality of the supernatural order and of the Creator of everything. That kind of science, instead, which is devoid of virtue and justice has become a threat for the very survival of humanity.