The Living Christ: The Theological Legacy of Georges Florovsky

by Bloomsbury Publishing

Overview

The only comprehensive critical anthology of theological and historical aspects related to Florovsky's thought by an international group of leading academics and church personalities. It is the only book in English translation of Florovsky's key study in French – "The Body of the Living Christ: An Orthodox Interpretation of the Church".

The contributors tackle a broad range of subjects that comprise the theological legacy of one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century. The essays examine the life and work of Florovsky, his theology and theological methodology, as well as ecclesiology and ecumenism. A must-have volume for those who study Florovsky and his legacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567700490
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	08/26/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	512
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

John Chryssavgis is Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Throne and Honorary Professor of Theology at the Sydney College of Divinity, Australia.

Brandon Gallaher is a Deacon of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, and Senior Lecturer of Systematic and Comparative Theology at the University of Exeter, UK.
John Chryssavgis is Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and theological advisor to the “green patriarch” Bartholomew. He studied in Athens and Oxford, and taught in Sydney and Boston. He lives in Harpswell, Maine, USA.
Dr Brandon Gallaher is Senior Lecturer of Systematic and Comparative Theology and Orthodox Associate Chaplain, Multifaith Chaplaincy, at the University of Exeter, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface: His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I
Foreword: John Zizioulas (Metropolitan of Pergamon, Ecumenical Patriarchate)
Introduction: John Chryssavgis and Brandon Gallaher.

PART I GEORGES FLOROVSKY: LIFE AND WORK
1.The Theological Legacy of Archpriest Georges Florovsky
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
2.The Diachronic Significance of Fr. Georges Florovsky's Theological Contribution
Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon
3.Three Witnesses: Bulgakov, Florovsky, Lossky*
Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia
4.Georges Florovsky and the Sophiological Controversy*
Alexis Klimoff
5.Georges Florovsky and Sergius Bulgakov: "In Peace Let Us Love One Another”
Paul Ladouceur
6.Father Georges Florovsky and Archimandrite Sophrony Sakharov: A Theological Encounter
Nikolai Sakharov
7.The Newly Published Correspondence between Fr. Georges Florovsky and Fr. Alexander Schmemann: Reflections on Leadership
Paul L. Gavrilyuk
8.A “Theology of Facts”: Christ in the Theological Thought of Fr. Georges Florovsky and Fr. John Meyendorff
Joost van Rossum

PART II NEOPATRISTIC SYNTHESIS: THEOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY
9.“Waiting for the Barbarians”: Identity and Polemicism in the Neopatristic Synthesis of Georges Florovsky*
Brandon Gallaher
10.Neopatristic Synthesis and Ecumenism: Toward the “Reintegration” of Christian Tradition*
Matthew Baker (+2015)
11.The Ecclesial Hellenism of Fr. Georges Florovsky*
Christos Yannaras
12.The Emergence of the Neopatristic Synthesis: Content, Challenges, Limits*
Marcus Plested
13.Christian Hellenism in the Neopatristic Synthesis of Archpriest Georges Florovsky
Metropolitan Chrysostomos (Savvatos) of Messinia
14.Apophaticism, Cataphaticism, Mystical Theology and the Christian Hellenism of Fr. Georges Florovsky*
Pantelis Kalaitzidis
15.Florovsky's “Predicament of the Christian Historian” and the Orthodox Church's Predicament with History Today
Vassa Larin
16.From Synthesis to Symphony
John Behr

PART III THEOLOGY AND ECCLESIOLOGY:HISTORY AND MISSION
17.Beginning with Christ: the Key to Anthropology in the Dogmatic Work of Florovsky
Alexis Torrance
18.Creatio ex nihilo and creatio ex amore: Florovsky, Bulgakov, and Zizioulas in Dialogue on Theological Methodology
Nikolaos Asproulis
19.Ecclesiology in Relation to History: Church and World in the Christian Vision of Fr. Georges Florovsky
Will Cohen
20.Overcoming Florovsky's Opposition of the Charismatic to the Canonical in “On the Limits of the Church”*
Alexander Rentel
21.Fr. Georges Florovsky and Mission: Witness “To,” “With,” or “Beyond” “Sacred Hellenism”?
Athanasios N. Papathanasiou
22.The Timeliness of the Patristic Thought, and the Contribution of Fr. Georges Florovsky to Contemporary Theological Dialogue
Metropolitan Gennadios (Limouris) of Sassima
23.Georges Florovsky and the World Council of Churches
Archbishop Job (Getcha) of Telmessos
24.Fr Georges Florovsky's Understanding of the New Mission in the West
Ivana Noble

PART IV THE BODY OF THE LIVING CHRIST: AN ORTHODOX INTERPRETATION OF THE CHURCH
25.Introduction to Georges Florovsky's The Body of the Living Christ: An Orthodox Interpretation of the Church
Robert M. Arida
26.The Body of the Living Christ: An Orthodox Interpretation of the Church331
Georges Florovsky

Bibliography
Index