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'Breathing the Spirit with Both Lungs': Deification in the Work of Vladimir Solov'ev

'Breathing the Spirit with Both Lungs': Deification in the Work of Vladimir Solov'ev

Pilch, J.

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Series: Eastern Christian Studies, Book 25

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ISBN10: 9042934255
ISBN13: 9789042934252
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Mar 8 2018
Pages: 259
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
This book is an examination of the teaching of the Russian religiousthinker Vladimir Solov'ev (1853-1900) about divine-humanity, the term heused to express the patristic doctrine of deification. The first chapterexamines the theme of deification in the patristic tradition and showsthat he himself was extremely familiar with the writings of the ChurchFathers and the doctrinal teachings of the early Church Councils. Thefollowing three chapters are devoted to specific works of Solov'ev whichare analysed in detail, Lectures on Divine Humanity, TheSpiritual Foundations of Life and The Justification of theGood. Of these, the latter two have, to date, received littleextended scholarly study. The over-arching thrust of this work is thatSolov'ev's concept of deification started as a reflection of themystical and cosmic expressions of deification characteristic of thelate Greek patristic period but develops so to be expressed in thewestern terminology of grace and focuses on the active implementation ofdeification in the world, taking the teaching out of its originalmonastic context. Chapter Two reveals the significant impact of Maximusthe Confessor on Solov'ev's thought and identifies the dyotheliteChristological model which Maximus develops from the dogmatic definitionof the Council of Chalcedon as crucial hermeneutical principle inSolov'ev's thought. Chapter Three shows the development of Solov'ev'steaching about deification, examining how it expands to embracedifferent models of deification, adopting western as well as easterntheological approaches and finding its centre in the life of the Church.Finally, Chapter Four shows how Solov'ev's deepening understanding ofthe western approach to deification through the language of grace iscombined with an eastern understanding of human anthropology, enablinghim to integrate realistic and moral approaches to deification, andaddress the whole range of human experience in terms of divine union andthe Kingdom of God.

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