Vladimir Nikolaevich Lossky is one of those few Orthodox theologians of the 20th century who conducted a dialogue with the Christian West, preserving the entire integrity of Orthodoxy. This explains the fact that most of Lossky's theological works are written in French: this gave him the opportunity to show, addressing Western Christians directly, that Orthodoxy is not a historical form of Eastern Christianity, but an enduring universal truth.

The works of Professor V. N. Lossky offered to the reader are a living and modern witness to Orthodoxy as the fullness of the Truth. They represent almost the only systematic exposition of Orthodox theology, devoid of scholastic dryness, and therefore interested in questions of doctrine and religious philosophy.

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Lossky V.N. Essay on the Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church. Dogmatic Theology SEI Center 1991

FROM THE PUBLISHERS

Before speaking about the theological works offered to the readers, we would like to mention, albeit very briefly, the main events of the life of their author.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Lossky was born on the Day of the Holy Spirit, May 25, 1903, in St. Petersburg, in the family of a famous philosopher. From his youth, his interest in the history of philosophy, patristics and the Western Middle Ages was determined. In 1920, he entered Petrograd University, but in 1922 he was forced to emigrate with his family. At first, V. Lossky lived in Prague, where he studied at the seminar of N. P. Kondakov, the famous Byzantine scholar and art historian, and then moved to Paris. For several years he studied and taught medieval history and philosophy, but by the end of the 1920s all his attention was focused on theological and ecclesiastical problems.

In 1928, he became a member of the Orthodox Brotherhood named after St. Patriarch Photius, established in Paris at the Three Hierarchs Metochion (a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church) for the establishment of Orthodoxy in France. From that time on, V. Lossky became an active defender of the canonical unity of the Russian Church; his theological works began to appear.

His brilliant talent, his excellent knowledge of the history of the Western Church and culture, his intense liturgical life, and his deep insight into the very essence of the patristic tradition allowed him to speak of Orthodoxy as the center of Truth with such force and conviction that very soon a French Orthodox community began to form in Paris.