The Patristic Witness of Georges Florovsky Essential Theological Writings

by Florovsky, Georges; Gallaher, Brandon; Ladouceur, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780567540188
• ISBN10: 0567540189
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-08-10
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

This book is a collection of major articles and texts by Georges Florovsky (1893-1979), an important twentieth-century theologian, historian, ecumenist and patristic scholar. It includes representative and widely influential but now largely inaccessible writings, some newly translated, with explanatory and bibliographical notes, covering all periods of his career and divided into four major thematic sections: 1) Creation and Incarnation; 2) The Nature of Theology; 3) Ecclesiology and Ecumenism; 4) Scripture, Worship and Eschatology.

A foreword by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware presents both personal accounts of contacts with Georges Florovsky and key elements of Florovsky's theological vision, in the context of the continuing relevance of his work. The Introduction by Brandon Gallaher and Paul Ladouceur gives a theological and historical overview of Florovsky's work, relating it to trends in both modern Roman Catholic and Protestant theology and outlining his importance to contemporary ecumenism, patristics and Orthodox thought and life. The book includes explanatory notes, translation of patristic citations and an index.

Author Biography

Georges Vasilievich Florovsky (1893-1979) was an Eastern Orthodox priest, theologian, historian and pioneering ecumenist. He is considered, along with Sergei Bulgakov, Vladimir Lossky, Justin Popovic and Dumitru Staniloae, to be one of the most important Eastern Orthodox theologians of the 20th century.

Paul Ladouceur is Adjunct Professor in Orthodox Theology, Université de Sherbrooke, and Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada.

Dr Brandon Gallaher is Stipendiary Lecturer in Theology, Keble College, University of Oxford, UK.

The Most Reverend Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia is a titular metropolitan of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, UK. From 1966-2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at Oxford University, UK, and has authored numerous books and articles pertaining to the Orthodox Christian faith.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Met. Kallistos Ware
Introduction - Dr Brandon Gallaher
1. Creation and Creaturehood
2. The Ever-Virgin Mother of God
3. Cur Deus Homo? The Motive of the Incarnation
4. The Concept of Creation in Saint Athanasius', Studia Patristica
5. Western Influences in Russian Theology
6. Revelation, Philosophy and Theology
7. Patristics and Modern Theology
8. Breaks and Links
9. The Predicament of the Christian Historian
10. Scripture and Tradition: An Orthodox Point of View
11. The Limits of the Church
12. Sobornost: The Catholicity of the Church
13. Eschatology in the Patristic Age: An Introduction
14. The Ethos of the Orthodox Church