About the comfort which theology gives

Abstract

Philosophy and theology for ages are connected with themselves. The story of their relation is very long and complicated. In the Western thought theology closely was connected with the philosophy and in the form of the scholasticism held out until the 20th century. However in the eastern, Orthodox tradition, this relation was never ambiguous. Philosophy has often been used by theologians and she has criticized by them. The dislike of the monk’s environment for philosophy is very great, however the environment of theologians cannot do her without. Philosophy is an activity of the mind, however theology is a shout of the heart which wants to throw handcuffs of the mind down from itself. However in the process of getting to know God one and second are cooperating with each other. In the article we will try to analyze the relation philosophy-theology from a point of view of the hesychasm tradition.