Silk Road Seminar - Bishop Maximus
July 31, 2025
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as posted by the channelThank 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.
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