In this episode, I speak with Fr. Deacon Ananias about Orthodox epistemology and the claim that true knowledge is not grounded in autonomous reason but in God's self-revelation. Contrasting Athens and Jerusalem, this conversation explores why Orthodoxy understands truth not as an idea, but as a Person: Jesus Christ.

We discuss revelation as theophany, the limits of philosophy, the apophatic tradition, and how knowledge in the Church is personal, communal, and transformative, not merely intellectual.

Topics include:
- East vs. West on knowledge and reason
- Revelation as encounter, not information
- Apophatic knowing and humility
- Philosophy: rejected, redeemed, or baptized?
- Why truth is known in communion

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