Letters of Fr.
Seraphim Rose
Pascha
Monday, 1981. April 14/27
CHRIST IS
RISEN!
Dear Brother in
Christ, George,
IN TRUTH HE IS
RISEN!
Enclosed is the
first copy of “The Light of Orthodoxy” which you sent us. I looked through it
and have pointed out in pencil in the text two or three places which I thought
might cause you some trouble. However, I simply have no time (and Father Herman
has less) to really “censor” the whole text, let alone all the issues you will
be putting out.
We really can’t
think of anyone who might have the time and opportunity to serve as your advisor
in this project. However, even such an advisor will be no guarantee that you
won’t get into trouble by publishing something unfitting. The recent
publications scandal to which you refer was caused not by failure to consult
with others (his advisors apparently share his errors), but by the extremely
arrogant and pompous tone with which he tried to instruct others, even those
who are much more rooted in Orthodoxy than he. In glancing through your
publication I did not notice such a tone, and I doubt that you would cause much
controversy, save perhaps in the points I have noted in the text.
In general I
would have only one word of advice for you: be very humble in your confession
of Orthodoxy, and avoid “dogmatizing” on points that might be controversial among
Orthodox Christians.
May God be your
help in your efforts.
With love in Christ,
Unworthy Hieromonk Seraphim
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