title: The Concept of “Pseudomorphosis” in the Book by G. V. Florovsky “Ways of Russian Theology”
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metadata.value: Shchuchenko, Vladimir A.
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metadata.value: 2024-05-31T13:02:30Z
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metadata.value: Shchuchenko V. A. The Concept of “Pseudomorphosis” in the Book by G. V. Florovsky “Ways of Russian Theology”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2024, vol. 40, issue 1, pp. 166–181. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2024.114 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2024.114
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metadata.value: The concept of pseudomorphosis is used by G. V. Florovsky as such a borrowing, which is of
  an instrumental-technological and formal-scholastic nature and, therefore, does not meet the
  deep interests of the Church of Christian peoples and the creative development of theological
  thought. He emphasizes the positive, stimulating significance of theology in the history of Russian
  not only of Patristics, which is usually paid attention to, but also of Western theological
  thought, especially since the sixteenth century, which is often overlooked. From the point of
  view of G. V. Florovsky, theological pseudomorphoses are overcome on the basis of multilateral
  historical ties: Patristics and the ‘comprehending growth’ of theological thought, theology and
  church life, theology and secular philosophy, theology and culture of the people, Orthodox theology
  and the theological thought of other Christian confessions. According to G. V. Florovsky,
  the ‘Catholic’ synthesis of the Church means that universal, communal force, which manifests
  itself in theological thought on the historical basis. The transformation of external borrowed
  forms into pseudomorphoses is explained by G. V. Florovsky with specific historical reasons: the
  lag of Orthodox thought from Western religious and philosophical thought, the political interests
  of the warring countries, the separation of the clergy from the needs of laic believers, their
  historical experience and culture. The Russian theologian considers as pseudomorphic those
  theological borrowings that formally and dogmatically, and not organically and synthetically,
  enter the autochthonous cultural-historical context. It is here that the source of uncreative imitation
  and scholastic tendencies in Russian theology manifest themselves. G. V. Florovsky shows,
  that borrowings alien to the interests and needs of the believers turn into clericalism and political
  servility of Church hierarchs. This statement by G. V. Florovsky is relevant till nowadays; it is
  combined with another, equally relevant conclusion by him: a dialogue with Western theology
  has a positive, stimulating value for Russian Orthodoxy as well.
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metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 40; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: pseudomorphosis
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metadata.value: borrowing
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metadata.value: Russian theology
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metadata.value: Orthodoxy
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metadata.value: Western confessions
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metadata.value: historical synthesis
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metadata.value: The Concept of “Pseudomorphosis” in the Book by G. V. Florovsky “Ways of Russian Theology”
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