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The Varieties of Patristic Synthesis The Varieties of Patristic Synthesis
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The Patrology Volumes and The Ways of Russian Theology as a “Trilogy” The Patrology Volumes and The Ways of Russian Theology as a “Trilogy”
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Oswald Spengler’s Concept of Pseudomorphosis Oswald Spengler’s Concept of Pseudomorphosis
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The History of Russian Theology as a Drama in Three Acts The History of Russian Theology as a Drama in Three Acts
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The Applicability of The Byzantine Norm to Russia’s Intellectual History The Applicability of The Byzantine Norm to Russia’s Intellectual History
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The Eastern Patristic Norm and the Ukrainian Theological Tradition The Eastern Patristic Norm and the Ukrainian Theological Tradition
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The Criterion of Religious Identity and the Criterion of Theological Truth The Criterion of Religious Identity and the Criterion of Theological Truth
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Conclusion Conclusion
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10 The Patristic Norm and the Western Pseudomorphosis of Russian Theology
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Published:April 2014
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Abstract
Florovsky’s application of the Greek patristic and Byzantine theological norm to the development of Russian theology constitutes his theological signature. The chapter begins by exploring different instances of a “historical synthesis” in Florovsky’s patrology volumes, The Eastern Fathers of the Fourth Century and The Byzantine Fathers of the Fifth-Eighth Centuries. Drawing on Oswald Spengler’s concept of pseudomorphosis, Florovsky presented the history of Russian religious thought as a drama with a long prelude consisting of a “theological silence,” and three main acts, consisting of the Roman Catholic pseudomorphosis of the Kievan school, of the Protestant pseudomorphosis under Peter the Great, a brief nineteenth century interlude during which a scholarly study of the Church Fathers began in Russia, and a subsequent German Idealist pseudomorphosis of Russian theology. The chapter critically assesses the following problematic features of Florovsky’s approach: his application of the Byzantine theological norm to Russian theology, his rejection of the distinctive character of the Ukrainian theological tradition, and his tendency to confuse the criterion of cultural identity with the criterion of truth.
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