Relics and Miracles: Two Theological Essays

Boris Jakim here presents two major theological essays by Russian Orthodox theologian Sergius Bulgakov in English translation for the first time.

On Holy Relics, a 1918 response to Bolshevik desecration of the relics of Russian saints, develops a comprehensive theology of holy relics, connecting them with the Incarnation and showing their place in sacramental theology. The second essay, On the Gospel Miracles, written in 1932, presents a Christological doctrine of miracles, focusing on how human activity relates to the works of Christ.

Both essays are suffused with Bulgakov's faith in Christian resurrection -- and with his signature religious materialism, in which the corporeal is illuminated by the spiritual and the earthly is transfigured into the heavenly.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 09/01/2011
ISBN: 9780802865311
Pages: 116
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.07w x 0.34d