Sergei Bulgakov
Russian Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871–1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sergei Nikolayevich Bulgakov (/bʊlˈɡɑːkəf/;[1] Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Булга́ков; 28 July [O.S. 16 July] 1871 – 13 July 1944) was a Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, and economist. Orthodox writer and scholar David Bentley Hart has said that Bulgakov was "the greatest systematic theologian of the twentieth century."[2][3] Father Sergei Bulgakov also served as a spiritual father and confessor to Mother Maria Skobtsova (who was canonized a saint by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 16 January 2004).[4]
Sergei Bulgakov | |
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Born | Sergei Nikolayevich Bulgakov 28 July 1871 |
Died | 12 July 1944(1944-07-12) (aged 72) |
Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Russian philosophy |
School | Christian philosophy Sophiology |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion |
Bulgakov is best known for his teaching about Sophia the Wisdom of God, which received mixed reception; it was condemned by the Moscow Patriarchate in 1935, but without accusations of heresy.[5][6]