Florovsky's neopatric synthesis in modern western thought in the context of tradition and modernity

Abstract

Introduction. The article analyzes the evaluation of the idea of the neopatristic synthesis of G.V. Florovsky in modern Western thought in the context of the modernization approach. The article also examines the influence of this approach on domestic thought. The article analyzes the views of P. Valliere, K. Stoeckl, B. Gallacher, P. Gavrilyuk and A.V. Chernyaev. In the context of the analysis, the author considers the validity and objectivity of assessments of the ideas of neopatristics in the context of the modernization approach.Materials and Methods. The material for the article was firstly the work of G.V. Florovsky himself. Secondly, the works of his researchers P. Valliere, K. Stoeckl, B. Gallagher, P. Gavrilyuk, Kalaitsidis, Williams R., A.V. Chernyaev. The article uses methods of systematic and comparative analysis, generalization and historical and philosophical analysis.Results. The conducted research shows that in relation to the idea of the neopatristic synthesis of G.V. Florovsky, a number of trends have developed in Western thought. Among them, one of the predominant is the evaluation of the idea of neopatristics in the context of the modernization approach, as an opposition of Tradition and Modernity. Within the framework of this approach, a critical understanding of the idea of neopatristics prevails as a manifestation of retrogradity that does not correspond to the challenges of modernity. The article traces the influence of this trend on domestic thought. The analysis of these approaches shows that at present it is becoming urgent to re-evaluate the legacy of G.V. Florovsky within not only one ideological direction, but also in the context of other trends, taking into account the views of G.V. Florovsky himself, his supporters and opponents.Discussion and Conclusions. The author of the study managed to conduct a comparative, systematic and historical-philosophical analysis of approaches in assessing the concept of non-patristic synthesis of G.V. Florovsky in the works of both domestic and foreign thinkers. As a result, the author was able to carry out a comprehensive analysis of various approaches in assessing the idea of neopatristic synthesis, as well as to trace the evolution of these ideas and their impact on domestic thought.