ΤΗΕ ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
Man has a sick soul and various sinful passions. So, based on this fact, we could say that man is literally a "psychopath" (psycho- is a prefix meaning of the soul, and -path comes from the Greek word pathos = passion).
So, man is a psychopath, not in terms of psychiatry, but in terms of our Patristic Tradition. We do not need to be, let's say, a schizophrenic, in order to be a psychopath. However, in terms of Orthodox Patristics, psychopathy (mental-psychic illness) exists in a person whose soul does not function properly. This person's soul-energy, the noetic energy, according to our Holy Fathers, does not function properly!
So, when our noetic energy does not function properly (and this counts for all of us, as long as we have not been healed yet inside this very hospital, called Church), we are a psychopath. Then, our nous is full of logismoí (thoughts combined with images), and this actually justifies our "filth". Concluding, according to our Holy Fathers, the nous of a psychopath or a sinfully impassioned person is filthy.
What determines our psychic illness is the following condition: our nous is full of logismoí, thoughts, not only bad, but also good ones! Do you remember what we said our nous is in the beginning?
