Archimandrite Sergius (Stragorodsky)

The Orthodox Doctrine of Salvation.

Biography

SERGEY (Ivan Nikolaevich Stragorodsky), Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1867-1944), Russian. Pravosl. Church. Activist and theologian. Genus. in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod Province. in the family of a priest. He graduated from St. Petersburg. DA (1890), having taken monastic vows in his last year. In 1890-93 he worked in the missionary field in Japan. Upon returning from Tokyo within 9 months. taught the course of the Holy Scriptures. Scriptures of the NT in St. Petersburg. YES, and then he was sent as archimandrite of the embassy church to Athens. In 1895, S. defended his master's thesis. "Pravosl. doctrine of salvation" (Serg. Pos., 1895), which immediately put him in the first rank of the Rus. Theologians. In 1899 he became an inspector, and a year later the rector of St. Petersburg. YES. In 1901 he was consecrated to Bishop. Yamburgsky. To this period belongs his participation in St. Petersburg. relig. –Filos. meetings organized by *Merezhkovsky. In 1905, S. was appointed archbishop. Finland and Vyborg (since 1911 – a member of the Holy Synod). In 1917 he was transferred to the Nizhny Novgorod cathedra. He took part in the Local Council of Rus. Pravosl. Church. From 1927, S., as deputy Patriarchal locum tenens, devoted himself to the task of regulating relations between the Church and the Soviets. Government. In the period 1934-43 he headed the Rus. Pravosl. The Church as the Patriarchal Locum Tenens. During World War II, S. was inspired by patriotism. the activities of their flock. In 1943, at a council of bishops, S. was elected Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

Summary

The Experience of Revealing the Moral and Subjective Side of Salvation on the Basis of the Holy Scriptures and the Works of the Holy Fathers. This is the title of the work of Archimandrite (later Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia since 1943) Sergius (Stragorodsky). This work, for the first time in its time, reflects the Latin scholasticism in Orthodox theology, which prevailed in theological circles (18th – early 20th centuries), and opens up the biblical patristic perception of salvation. The author perfectly shows the fallacy of the Catholic and Protestant doctrine of salvation.

Instead of a preface.

The question of personal salvation. (Speech before the defense of the master's thesis).

Introduction. Part I.