Sergei Bulgakov 1871 – 1944
Sergei Bulgakov (1871 – 1944) was a Russian philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Continental Philosophy and Christian Philosophy.
Sergei Nikolaevich Bulgakov was a Russian Orthodox theologian, economist, and religious philosopher. After early career as a Marxist economist, he turned to religious philosophy and became one of the leading Russian thinkers of the religious renaissance of the early twentieth century. Expelled from the Soviet Union in 1922 with the Philosophers' Ship, he settled in Paris and became dean of the St Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute. His major Trilogy on the Lamb of God, the Comforter, and the Bride of the Lamb developed the sophiology of Solovyov into a vast theological system.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Russian
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Continental Philosophy, Christian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Sergei Bulgakov:
“Sophia is the divine wisdom that pervades creation.”
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Attributed to Sergei Bulgakov:
“The world is the body of God's love for what is not God.”
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Attributed to Sergei Bulgakov:
“Religion is the meaning of culture.”
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Attributed to Sergei Bulgakov:
“Economy is the activity of man as a creature of God.”
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Attributed to Sergei Bulgakov:
“True knowledge is participation in the life of God.”
Sergei Bulgakov by topic
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- Sergei Nikolaevich Bulgakov was a Russian Orthodox theologian, economist, and religious philosopher.
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