Orthodoxy

Introduction In 2025, as science relentlessly dissects the universe and the human mind, returning to the opening chapters of the Bible may seem anachronistic. Yet the account of Creation according to Genesis, far from being a mere cosmological manual, remains a privileged gateway to a harmonious dialogue between faith and reason. This essay offers an Orthodox synthesis, drawing both from the richness of the Patristic tradition and from contemporary intellectual rigor, to move beyond the deadlock of exclusive literalism and propose a reading that is faithful to the letter while attentive to the spiritual scope of the text. ...

Introduction The seemingly anecdotal question — “Whom did Cain marry?” — actually raises a major theological issue, namely the universal scope of the Genesis narrative and Adam’s place in human history. Indeed, if we limit ourselves to the linear genealogy presented in the first chapters of Genesis, it seems that only Adam, Eve, and their immediate children existed in that primordial time. Yet Cain’s plea — “whoever finds me will kill me” (Genesis 4:14) — suggests the presence of other human beings, independent of Adam’s direct descendants. ...