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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.

Time

The Bride of the Lamb

The eschatological time of cosmic consummation.

Space

The Bride of the Lamb

The ecclesial-cosmic space.

Matter

The Bride of the Lamb

Material creation as Sophia incarnate.

Observer

The Bride of the Lamb

The Christian community as the Bride of the Lamb.

Energy

The Bride of the Lamb

Energies of cosmic-sophianic consummation.

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.