This article begins by summarizing the concept of ethical apophaticism in the theology of John Zizioulas and Christos Yannaras. The impetus for this concept, namely a desire to maintain the irreducibility of the human person to extrinsic ethical categories, is noted and celebrated. However, it is proposed that to do fuller justice to the understanding of the ethical and moral life in the Orthodox tradition, a certain ‘ethical cataphaticsm’ needs to be brought into the discussion. Some potential lineaments of what this might entail for these authors are highlighted (repentance and love) before seeking to supplement them with a discussion of the commandments of Christ through the lens of the theology of Sophrony Sakharov. It is argued that Christ’s commandments provide the sure path to developing an ethical cataphaticism that can work in tandem with the insights of the category of ethical apophaticism offered by Zizioulas and Yannaras.

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现代正统神学中的“道德辩证法”类别

本文首先概述了约翰·齐齐奥拉斯和克里斯托斯·扬纳拉斯的神学中的伦理重生主义的概念。人们注意到并赞扬了这一概念的推动力，即保持人类对外部伦理类别的不可还原性的愿望。但是，建议为了充分理解东正教传统中的道德和道德生活，需要在讨论中引入某种“道德上的灾难”。在试图通过萨弗罗尼·萨哈罗夫神学的视角对基督的诫命进行讨论之前，重点强调了这些作者可能会遇到的一些潜在问题（悔改和爱心）。