... of Florovsky’s neopatristic theology—Christological focus, “ecclesial experience,” personalism, and “Christian Hellenism”—could be best understood against the background of the main problematic of the Renaissance. Specifically, it is shown that Bulgakov’s sophiology provided a polemical subtext for Florovsky’s...

... with Nikolai Glubokovsky and Pavel Florensky. Florovsky seriously considered receiving a seminary education, but ended up pursuing his studies at the state school, Novorossiisky University. Years later, Florovsky creatively integrated Glubokovsky’s account of Christian Hellenism and Florensky’s account...

... was a distortion of the original gospel, whereas for Florovsky, “Christian Hellenism” was a paradigm for a successful conversion of culture and a philosophia perennis. The limitations of both accounts are discussed. Harnack Adolf von Hellenism Christian or sacred Hellenization hermeneutic...

...The two centuries between A.D. 250 and A.D. 450 witnessed the creation of a distinctive Christian Greek culture in the eastern part of the Roman Empire. This book focuses on the transition from ancient to Christian Hellenism as it was expressed in the biographical and panegyric literature...