Alexei Khomyakov Quotes
Alexei Stepanovich Khomyakov was a Russian Orthodox theologian, poet, and the principal founder of the Slavophile movement. A landowner who freed his serfs long before the imperial emancipation, he combined a deep commitment to Russian Orthodoxy with a philosophical defense of the freedom of the spirit against rationalist and authoritarian alike. The quotes below are attributed to Alexei Khomyakov, organized by topic.
Alexei Khomyakov on God
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Attributed to Alexei Khomyakov:
“The Church is the body of Christ in unity and love.”
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Attributed to Alexei Khomyakov:
“Eastern Christianity preserves the freedom that the West has lost.”
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Attributed to Alexei Khomyakov:
“True faith is neither blind submission nor private reason; it is communion in love.”
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Attributed to Alexei Khomyakov:
“A Russian renaissance must be a renaissance of Orthodoxy.”
Alexei Khomyakov on Truth
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Attributed to Alexei Khomyakov:
“Sobornost is the principle of free unity in the truth.”