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In 1932, Florovsky was [[ordination|ordained]] to the priesthood. During the 1930s, he undertook extensive researches in European libraries and wrote his most important works in the area of patristics as well as his magnum opus, ''Ways of Russian Theology''. In this massive work, he questioned the Western influences of scholasticism, pietism, and idealism on Russian theology and called for a re-evaluation of Russian theology in the light of patristic writings. The work was received with either enthusiam or condemnation—there was no neutral attitude to it among Russian emigrés. Among the critics were Bulgakov, the head of the St. Sergius Institute and prominent exponent of the Russian theological tradition of the 19th century, as well as Berdyaev, exponent of the religious renaissance of the 20th century.
==Works==
*''Collected Works, Volume 1: Bible, Church, Tradition'' (1972) ISBN 0913124028
*''Collected Works, Volume 2: Christianity and Culture'' (1974)
*''Collected Works, Volume 3: Creation and Redemption'' (1976)
*''Collected Works, Volume 4: Aspects of Church History'' (1975) ISBN 0913124109
*''Collected Works, Volume 5: Ways of Russian Theology, Part I'' (1979) ISBN 0913124281
*''Collected Works, Volume 6: Ways of Russian Theology, Part II'' (1987) ISBN 3905238063
*''Collected Works, Volume 7: Eastern Fathers of the Fourth Century'' (1987)
*''Collected Works, Volume 8: Byzantine Fathers of the Fifth Century'' (1987) ISBN 390523808X
*''Collected Works, Volume 9: Byzantine Fathers of the Sixth to Eight Centuries'' (1987)
*''Collected Works, Volume 10: Byzantine Ascetic and Spiritual Fathers'' (1987)
*''Collected Works, Volume 11: Theology and Literature'' (1989)
*''Collected Works, Volume 12: Philosophy'' (1989)
*''Collected Works, Volume 13: Ecumenism I: A Doctrinal Approach'' (1989)
*''Collected Works, Volume 14: Ecumenism II: An Historical Approach'' (1989)
The dates recorded above are the dates of publication in the collected works, not the date of original publications. The series of Florovsky's collected works was published by Nordland Publishing Co., but has been out of print for some years.
== Works Quotations=="Orthodoxy is summoned to witness. Now more than ever the Christian West stands before divergent prospects, a living question addressed also to the Orthodox world… The ‘old polemical theology' has long ago lost its inner connection with any reality. Such theology was an academic discipline, and was always elaborated according to the same western 'textbooks.' A historiosophical exegesis of the western religious tragedy must become the new 'polemical theology.' But this tragedy must be reendured and relived, precisely as one's own, and its potential catharsis must be demonstrated in the fullness of the experience of the Church and patristic tradition. In this newly sought Orthodox synthesis, the centuries-old experience of the Catholic West must be studied and diagnosed by Orthodox theology with greater care and sympathy than has been the case up to now… The Orthodox theologian must also offer his own testimony to this world—a testimony arising from the inner memory of the Church—and resolve the question with his historical findings." ::''Ways of Russian Theology'' II, pp. 302-304
==Reference==*''Collected Works. Volume {{note|1: Bible}} Andrew Blane, Churched., Tradition'' (1972)*''Collected Works. Volume 2: Christianity George Florovsky--Russian Intellectual and Culture'' Orthodox Churchman (1974)*''Collected Works. Volume 3: Creation and Redemption'' (1976)*''Collected Works. Volume 4Crestwood, NY: Aspects of Church History'' (1975)*''Collected Works. Volume 5: Ways of Russian TheologySt Vladimir’s Seminary Press, Part I'' (19791993)*''Collected Works. Volume 6: Ways of Russian Theology, Part II'' (1987)*''Collected Works. Volume 7: Eastern Fathers of the Fourth Century'' (1987)*''Collected Works. Volume 8: Byzantine Fathers of the Fifth Century'' (1987)*''Collected Works. Volume 9: Byzantine Fathers of the Sixth to Eight Centuries'' (1987)*''Collected Works. Volume 10: Byzantine Ascetic and Spiritual Fathers'' (1987)*''Collected Works. Volume 11: Theology and Literature'' (1989)*''Collected Works. Volume 12: Philosophy'' (1989)*''Collected Workspp. Volume 13: Ecumenism I: A Doctrinal Approach'' (1989)*''Collected Works109ff. Volume 14: Ecumenism II: An Historical Approach'' (1989)
== External links Source==*Some material taken from [http://www.hds.harvard.edu/library/bms/13001/bms13001florovsky.html Harvard Divinty School Faculty Writings File[Wikipedia: Georges Florovsky]]
==External links==
*[http://www.hds.harvard.edu/library/bms/13001/bms13001florovsky.html Harvard Divinity School Faculty Writings File: Georges Florovsky]
*[http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/florovsky.html Princeton University Library: George Florovsky Papers]
*[http://library.svots.edu/archival-collections/fr-georges-florovsky-papers St. Vladimir's Seminary Library: The Fr. Georges Florovsky Papers]
*[http://pages.sbcglobal.net/c.parks/florovsky.html The Collected Works of Fr. Georges Florovsky]: A partial list of links to works published on the web
*[http://www.sain.org/WINDOW/Ecclesio.txt Lewis Shaw, ''Georges Florovsky's Model of Orthodox Ecclesiology'']
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/florovsky.aspx Bishop Chrysostomos of Etna, ''Protopresybter Georges Florovsky'']
*[http://www.romanity.org/htm/rom.29.en.f_georges_florovsky.htm John S. Romanides, ''F. Georges Florovsky, the theologian in service of the church in ecumenical dialogue''] Lecture at St. Vladimir's Seminary 23 May 1980
*[http://www.hds.harvard.edu/library/bms/13001/bms13001florovsky.html Harvard Divinity School Faculty Writings File: Georges Florovsky]
*[http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/florovsky.html Princeton University Library: George Florovsky Papers]
*[http://www.berdyaev.com/berdiaev/berd_lib/1937_424.html Nikolai Berdyaev, Ortodoksia and Humanness], 1937, Critique of Florovsky's ''Ways of the Russian Theology''
*[http://jbburnett.com/resources/florovsky/ Free PDFs of some of Georges Florovsky's writings] More: [http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/fathers_florovsky_1.htm], [http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/fathers_florovsky_2.htm], [http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/fathers_florovsky_3.htm], [http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/fathers_florovsky_4.htm]
[[Categoryar:Modern Writersجورج فلورفسكي]][[el:Γεώργιος Φλορόφσκι]][[ro:George Florovsky]]