Sergei Bulgakov
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Bulgakov in the 1920s | |
| Born | Sergei Nikolayevich Bulgakov 28 July 1871 |
| Died | 12 July 1944 (aged 72) |
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| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Russian philosophy |
| School | Christian philosophy Sophiology |
| Main interests | Philosophy of religion |
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Sergei Nikolayevich Bulgakov (Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Булга́ков, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf]; 28 July [O.S. 16 July] 1871 – 13 July 1944) was a Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, and economist. Orthodox writer and scholar David Bentley Hart has said that Bulgakov was "the greatest systematic theologian of the twentieth century." Father Sergei Bulgakov also served as a spiritual father and confessor to Mother Maria Skobtsova (who was canonized a saint by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 16 January 2004).
Bulgakov is best known for his teaching about Sophia the Wisdom of God, which received mixed reception; it was condemned by the Moscow Patriarchate in 1935, but without accusations of heresy.