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This book is a collection of major articles and texts by Georges Florovsky (1893-1979), a important twentieth century theologian, historian, ecumenist and patristic scholar. It includes representative and widely influential but now largely inaccessible writings, some newly translated, with explanatory and bibliographical notes, covering all periods of his career and divided into three major thematic sections: 1) Creation and Incarnation; 2) The Nature of Theology; 3) Ecclesiology and Eschatology. A foreword by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware presents the theological vision of Georges Florovsky and discusses the continuing relevance of his work not only for Orthodox theology but also for modern theology in general. The Introduction by Brandon Gallaher gives a broad theological and historical overview of Florovsky's work, relating it to trends in both modern Roman Catholic and Protestant theology and outlining his importance to contemporary ecumenism, patristics and Orthodox thought and life. The book includes explanatory notes, translation of patristic citations and a full index.
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Dr Brandon Gallaher is Senior Lecturer of Systematic and Comparative Theology and Orthodox Associate Chaplain, Multifaith Chaplaincy, at the University of Exeter, UK.Georges Vasilievich Florovsky (1893-1979) was an Eastern Orthodox priest, theologian, historian and pioneering ecumenist. He is considered, along with Sergei Bulgakov, Vladimir Lossky, Justin Popovic and Dumitru Staniloae, to be one of the most important Eastern Orthodox theologians of the 20th century.
Paul Ladouceur is Adjunct Professor at the Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada, and Professeur Associé, Faculté de Théologie et de Sciences Religieuses, Université Laval, Canada.
