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Work #526 · Late

The Bride of the Lamb

Sergei Bulgakov
composed 1939-42; published 1945 posthumously · Russian
Systematic-sophiological theology · Russian Orthodox religious philosophy (Silver Age) / Russian Paris school

Bulgakov's 1939-42 third volume of his great Trilogy — sophiological ecclesiology and eschatology

Attribute Fingerprint

Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute The Bride of the Lamb (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Plural
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Tradition
Observer · Theological Method —
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

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Time

The Bride of the Lamb

The eschatological time of cosmic consummation.

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Space

The Bride of the Lamb

The ecclesial-cosmic space.

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Matter

The Bride of the Lamb

Material creation as Sophia incarnate.

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Observer

The Bride of the Lamb

The Christian community as the Bride of the Lamb.

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Energy

The Bride of the Lamb

Energies of cosmic-sophianic consummation.

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Information

The Bride of the Lamb

Third-volume sophiological-eschatological framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Bride of the Lamb

Bulgakov's sophiology in continuing controversy within and beyond Russian Orthodoxy.