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Tag Archives: Sergius Bulgakov
Seeking Theodicy: Sergius Bulgakov and the Apoktastasis
We seek theodicy. We desiderate a convincing justification for the suffering, privation, violence, futility, and death of this world. We desire assurance that this world is good and our Creator is good. We need hope that Christ will triumph over … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Sergius Bulgakov
Tagged apocatastasis, David Hart, deification, eternal damnation, hell, Sergius Bulgakov, theodicy, universal salvation
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The Demonic Void and the Apokatastasis of Satan
St Paisios the Athonite once fasted and prayed for two weeks for the eternal salvation of the devil. While praying he saw a dog’s head sticking his tongue out and mocking him. Paisios concluded from this incident that “God is … Continue reading
Sergius Bulgakov on the Redemption of Satan and Other Matters Eschatological
I am delighted to introduce to the readers of Eclectic Orthodoxy a book which many will be interested in purchasing and reading: The Sophiology of Death: Essays on Eschatology. Within its covers you will find a collection of writings of … Continue reading
“The Spirit of the Grand Inquisitor” by Nikolai Berdyaev
This following article was written by the Russian Orthodox Philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev, soon after his friend Fr. Sergius Bulgakov received his first condemnation from the Moscow Patriarchate, on September 7th of 1935. It was published in the December issue of … Continue reading
Posted in Sergius Bulgakov
Tagged freedom, heresy, Moscow patriarchate, Nikolai Berdyaev, Orthodoxy, Sergius Bulgakov, Sergius Stragorodsky
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Dogma, Damnation, and the Eucatastrophe of the Jesus Story
In both The Orthodox Church and “Dogma and Dogmatic Theology,” Sergius Bulgakov cites eschatology, among others, as a topic of theology open to dogmatic definition, the implication being that standard Orthodox teaching on the last things—including everlasting perdition—can only be … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Theology
Tagged apocatastasis, damnation, dogma, Eastern Orthodoxy, eschatology, hell, Isaac the Syrian, Sergius Bulgakov, universal salvation
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Orthodoxy, Dogma, and the Neuralgic Question of Doctrinal Development
The debate on apokatastasis inevitably raises the question: Has Orthodoxy definitively, infallibly, irreversibly, dogmatically rejected the universalist hope? Must Christians believe that some, perhaps many or even most, will—or as some prefer to say may—be eternally damned? Is it constitutive … Continue reading
Transmutation or Transubstantiation: Sergius Bulgakov and Herbert McCabe on the Holy Eucharist
That the Holy Orthodox Church confesses the Holy Gifts to be the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ no one can doubt. But satisfactory interpretations of the eucharistic mystery are difficult to find. Somewhat surprisingly, Eastern theologians have tended to … Continue reading
Apocatastasis: The Heresy That Never Was
This article has now been superseded by my article “Did the Fifth Ecumenical Council Condemn Universal Salvation?“ When first presented with the universalist hope, many Orthodox and Roman Catholics immediately invoke the authority of the Fifth Ecumenical Council (A.D. 553), … Continue reading
