At first glance, I believe that is important to define what is orthodoxy. According to George Metallinos, a professor of theology in the University of Athens, “Speaking of Orthodoxy, it is identified with the Godman, Person of the Word of God. He as Godman is our Orthodoxy, our Complete Truth” (Metallinos). In other words, orthodoxy is defined as the attachment, adherence to beliefs, traditions or theories related to the Christian faith defended by most of the members of a community and associated with the right or the true where Jesus is our truth.
In contrast, in my opinion, generous orthodoxy could be used as an opposite view of orthodoxy in the way that it may be analyzed from a perspective of generosity that involves changes, to clarify, to be willing to sacrifice something to make a difference by leaving aside the adherence to traditions for the improvement of something. But going deep in this definition, according to Gladwell, in his podcast he states that “generous orthodoxy is to be connected to tradition, to be generous, open to chain; thought to find the middle ground because orthodoxy without generosity leads to blindness and generosity without orthodoxy is shallow and empty.” …show more content…
In one of them, he talks about Chester Wegner a pastor with a strong point of view about religious that didn’t allow him to accept his son sexual preferences. Nevertheless, Wegner ended up accepting his gay son and the most important he realized that it was a great opportunity to generate a change in the Mennonite faith. To make it, Wegner had to go against his beliefs doing something that is considered wrong; in consequence, he married his son. Because of this action, Wegner was excommunicated for the Mennonite faith, but he kept his purpose of making a difference, that is, a
In contrast, in my opinion, generous orthodoxy could be used as an opposite view of orthodoxy in the way that it may be analyzed from a perspective of generosity that involves changes, to clarify, to be willing to sacrifice something to make a difference by leaving aside the adherence to traditions for the improvement of something. But going deep in this definition, according to Gladwell, in his podcast he states that “generous orthodoxy is to be connected to tradition, to be generous, open to chain; thought to find the middle ground because orthodoxy without generosity leads to blindness and generosity without orthodoxy is shallow and empty.” …show more content…
In one of them, he talks about Chester Wegner a pastor with a strong point of view about religious that didn’t allow him to accept his son sexual preferences. Nevertheless, Wegner ended up accepting his gay son and the most important he realized that it was a great opportunity to generate a change in the Mennonite faith. To make it, Wegner had to go against his beliefs doing something that is considered wrong; in consequence, he married his son. Because of this action, Wegner was excommunicated for the Mennonite faith, but he kept his purpose of making a difference, that is, a