title: Soteriological problematic in the letters to the Laity of reverend Ambrose of Optina
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metadata.value: Vanifatev, Nikolay A.
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metadata.value: 2022-11-24T10:59:53Z
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metadata.value: 2022-11-24T10:59:53Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.value: Vanifatev N. A. Soteriological problematic in the letters to the Laity of reverend Ambrose of Optina. Issues of Theology, 2022, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 609–618. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2022.404 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2022.404
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38604
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metadata.value: This article attempts to reconstruct the soteriological concept of reverend Ambrose
  of Optina based on his epistolary heritage. Considering the difference in the eldership
  guidance of the laity and the monastics, in this article we analyze only letters
  to the laity. Therefore, this concept is constructed by us through the prism of the
  teachings of the reverend Ambrose to his spiritual lay children. The article uses a
  systematic and source-based analysis, which allows us to discover that the ideas
  about the path of salvation of the reverend Ambrose have their own system. As a
  result, we come to the conclusion that the starting point of Christian salvation is
  being in the Orthodox Church, according to the Optina elder. Being in the Church,
  the path to union with God begins with the “external”, which is characterized by
  bodily feats, sorrows and illnesses. But it becomes more significant to strive for the
  “internal”, which is characterized by the following: fulfillment of the gospel commandments, participation in the sacraments of the Church, consciousness of one’s
  sinfulness and submission to the will of God. However, even in attaining the Gospel
  way of life, the Christian believer, from the point of view of Elder Ambrose, must
  recognize his powerlessness in the matter of salvation and rely on the Redemptive
  Feat accomplished by Jesus Christ. Thus, we present the soteriological model of the
  Optina elder in the form of a triad: “external”, “internal” and “transcendental”.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 4; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: reverend Ambrose of Optina
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: starets
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: eldership of Optina Pustyn
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metadata.value: soteriology
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: theology
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Church history
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: patrology
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Soteriological problematic in the letters to the Laity of reverend Ambrose of Optina
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metadata.value: Article
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