The Bride of the Lamb

by Sergius Bulgakov, Boris Jakim (Translator)

Overview

Sergius Bulgakov is thought by many to be the twentieth century's foremost Russian Orthodox theologian. The Bride of the Lamb is widely regarded as Bulgakov's magnum opus and, even more, as one of the greatest works ever produced in the modern Orthodox church. This book is now available in English thanks to esteemed translator Boris Jakim, along with an introduction to Bulgakov and his theological context.

For readers new to Russian religious thought, The Bride of the Lamb presents a fresh approach to Christian doctrine. Bulgakov examines issues of ecclesiology and eschatology from a sophiological perspective. This distinctive Russian approach, based on the doctrine of Sophia, the wisdom of God, sees the Creator and creation intimately linked as Divine-humanity. The Bride of the Lamb explores the nature of created beings, the relationship between God and the world, the role of the church, and such eschatological themes as the second coming of Jesus, resurrection and judgment, and the afterlife.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467427401
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/31/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	549
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

 Sergius Bulgakov (1871-1944) is widely regarded as the twentieth century's leading Orthodox theologian. His other books include Relics and Miracles, The Unfading Light, The Burning Bush, The Lamb of God, The Comforter, Jacob's Ladder, and Churchly Joy (all Eerdmans).
Boris Jakim is the foremost translator of Russian religiousthought into English. His published translations includeworks by S.L. Frank, Pavel Florensky, Vladimir Solovyov,and Sergius Bulgakov.

Table of Contents

	Translator's Introduction	ix
	To the Reader	xvii
Section I	The Creator and Creation
1.	The Creation of the World "Out of Nothing"	3
1.	Cosmism	3
2.	Dualism	4
3.	The Sophianicity of the World	7
a.	Platonism	8
b.	Aristotelianism	9
c.	Patristics	15
d.	Western Theology (Thomas Aquinas)	19
e.	"Creation Out of Nothing"	33
f.	The Eternity of Creation and the Temporality of Its Being	56
4.	The World Soul and Its Hypostases	79
5.	The Eternity and Temporality of Man	103
2.	Creaturely Freedom	125
3.	Evil	147
1.	Creaturely Limitedness and Imperfection	147
2.	Creaturely Freedom as the Possibility of Good and of Evil	150
3.	Original Sin	164
4.	God and Creaturely Freedom	193
1.	Divine Providence with Regard to the World	193
2.	Divine Providence with Regard to Man	201
3.	Divine Causality and Creaturely Freedom	204
4.	The Problem of Predestination	212
5.	God and Creaturely Freedom	220
Section II	The Church, History, and the Afterlife
5.	The Church	253
1.	The Essence of the Church	253
2.	The Church as a Sacramental and Hierarchical Organization	268
3.	The Limits of Sacramentalism	290
4.	Grace	294
6.	History	315
7.	Death and the State after Death	349
Section III	Eschatology
8.	Parousia, Resurrection, and the City of God	379
1.	Introductory Comments	379
2.	The End of This Age	382
3.	The Parousia	387
4.	The Transfiguration of the World	417
5.	The Universal Resurrection	429
6.	Judgment and Separation	454
7.	The Eternal in the Temporal (On the Eternity of Bliss and Torments)	466
8.	The City of God	519
	Index	527

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Editorial Reviews

Paul Valliere
"Already the most distinguished translator of Russian religious philosophy and theology in the English-speaking world, Boris Jakim has outdone himself with his translation of Bulgakov's Bride of the Lamb. Drawing on his deep understanding of modern Russian Orthodoxy and masterfully balancing the competing demands of literal and idiomatic translation, Jakim gives us a comprehensible Bulgakov without blunting the visionary enthusiasm and prophetic challenges that make Bulgakov's theology the wondrous thing that it is. Jakim has made an exceptional contribution to contemporary theological scholarship and ecumenical understanding. "

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