Religiosity and religiositytranslated

By Apostolos V. Nicolaidis, Emeritus Professor of EKPA and President of the Institute "Saint Maximus the Greek"

1. The concept of religiosity

Religiosity is both a condition and a result of the religiosity associated with the term religion. Presupposition, in the sense that man is naturally religious. Its religious nature is due to the fact that it possesses the divine breath from its construction, therefore God dwells within it, as the Apostle Paul writes. A result, in the sense that it is the culmination of this internal relationship with God on the one hand and of joining and participating in a specific religion on the other.

To be religious means to perform religious acts: I pray, participate in ceremonies, worship, observe religious ordinances and apply prescribed rules, accept the penalties of transgression, do everything to gain God's favor and heaven, generally serve God. In this context, all people, regardless of where they belong religiously, are religious. In this sense, religion predates Christianity without meaning one's participation in a particular religion. And since the emphasis is on "love," let's…