Georges Florovsky
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Georges Florovsky was a prominent 20th-century Eastern Orthodox theologian and church historian known for pioneering the "neo-patristic" movement that called for a return to the Greek Church Fathers as the basis of Orthodox theology.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Georges Florovsky canonical | 1 |
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Eastern Orthodox theologian
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academic ⓘ church historian ⓘ human ⓘ priest ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
philology
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philosophy ⓘ |
| approach | return to the Church Fathers as normative for theology ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Czechoslovakia
NERFINISHED
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Russian Empire ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1893-09-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1979-08-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Odessa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
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Princeton University ⓘ Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russian ⓘ |
| familyName | Florovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
church history
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ecclesiology ⓘ ecumenism ⓘ patristics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Georges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Orthodox theology
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Alexander Schmemann NERFINISHED ⓘ John Meyendorff NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Lossky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of religious philosophy of the Russian Silver Age
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emphasis on a return to the Greek Church Fathers ⓘ pioneering the neo-patristic movement in Orthodox theology ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ Greek ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf | World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | neo-patristic synthesis ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bible, Church, Tradition
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Byzantine Fathers of the Fifth Century NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Fathers of the Fourth Century NERFINISHED ⓘ Ways of Russian Theology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
religious idealism detached from patristic tradition
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scholasticism in Orthodox theology ⓘ |
| participantIn | ecumenical movement of the 20th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Odessa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Princeton, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Dean of Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
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Professor at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris ⓘ Professor of Eastern Church History at Harvard University ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | Eastern Orthodox theology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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