THE PROBLEM OF THE RATIONALIST METHODOLOGY OF ARCHPRIEST SERGIUS BULGAKOV USING THE EXAMPLE OF KENOTIC CHRISTOLOGY

Kasyarum Nikolai V.

Hieromonk Nikon

Kostroma Theological Seminary, Kostroma, Russia

Email: nkasyarum@gmail.com

Issue: № 1 (17), 2022

Pages: 19–37

Annotation

Based on the material of the so-called «dispute about Sophia» (20s – 30s of the XX century), the article formulates the problem of the rationalist methodology of Archpriest Sergius Bulgakov. As an illustration of the following method it is proposes analysis of the key points of the kenotic Christology of Fr. Sergius. The author comes to the conclusion that this teaching, as an attempt to build a consistent and understandable Christology, in its method contradicts the main idea of the Christological dogma — the hypostatic unity of the God-man.

Keywords

theological methodology, rationalistic methodology, apophatic method, Chalcedonian dogma, kenotic Christology

For citation

Nikon (Kasyarum), hieromonk. The problem of the rationalist methodology of archpriest Sergius Bulgakov using the example of kenotic christology // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2022. № . 1. P. 19–37 (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2022–1–19–37