And it doesn't have to mean that everyone comes flocking to you for advice or that you radiate a certain aura, fo rthose things cannot make orthodoxy what it is, for some people have attained orthodoxy in their lives while not living among others, so they were not able to live thier lives in a social setting; on the other hand, others attained orthodoxy in teh middle of countless individuals, yet they didn't depend upon what others saw them as to attain othodoxy, since it was beyond the huma n judgements and opinions of others. Still, some attained orthodoxy , in a manner which couln't be recorded by individuals, by a certain gradeual ascent to what it became for them, while holdding portions of it at one time or another until it filled their mind and heart. But even then, it wasn't as if they had arrived, but remained in this state within themselves in order to be open to this orthodox state of mind and heart, like one who is still filling a bottle after it is full. The scriptures say, 'the just man shall live by faith,' which seems to put in simple terms what orthodoxy is meant ot be. The just man is a mystery unto himself. Still, it seems impossible that someone can copy orthodoxy, like oine architect can copy a form or an actor can mimic anothers actions. In other words, orthodoxy has to be an interior event for the person, Aristotle speaks about such a person in the Nichomachean Ethics, when he speaks of the virtuous person. No one can teach you virtue, but they themselves can give you an exmpale of what virtue is for themselves. On the other hand, it (orthodoxy) has to be something that someone can freely choose and that for everyone can accept once they come in contact with it; tha t they can recognize that it is genuine and right, even they choose not to have it in the same degree or deisre it in theg same way as that which they come in contact with.
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