The dual task of Orthodox Theology is to define and also to protect from human distortion the teachings of Jesus Christ. As can be seen, Theology is far more than knowledge about God acquired through academic study. Christianity is a living faith, founded on revelation born of the Holy Spirit,[19] giving those counted worthy intimate experience of the Triune God and of spiritual realities.[20] All attempts to understand Christ’s message from a purely rational standpoint will remain partial and incomplete.[21]
