The problem of creation from nothing in theology of Father Sergius Bulgakov and in modern cosmology

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2. Original titleПроблема творения вселенной из ничего в богословии о. Сергия Булгакова и в современной космологии
3. Language term Russian
4. lemma author Saprykin, Dmitry
5. lemma category Various approaches to the problem of correlation between science and theology - Theological works of scientists and engineers - Scientific theories and disciplines > Cosmology- Anthropic principle
6. Publication date 2006
7. lemma work Гриб Андрей [Author]. The problem of creation from nothing in theology of Father Sergius Bulgakov and in modern cosmology
8. lemma manifestations Русское богословие в европейском контексте. С. Н. Булгаков и западная религиозно-философская мысль : Russian theology in European context. S. N. Bulgakov and Western religious-philosophical thought
9. Keywords Bulgakov, (Fr) Sergei Nikolaevich - Big Bang - world creation
10. Citations
    1. https://religion.wikireading.ru/216595
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    1. The author of the article believes that reference to the heritage of Father Sergiy Bulgakov is the need of Russian intellectual and spiritual community, now realized in the context of the world culture most acute problems. The author's goal was to show that the theme of science and Christianity does not necessarily lead, as some modern Western theologians have argued, to abandon the Chalcedonian dogmatic theology.

       The author compares the modern cosmological model of the universe origin by expanding from the "singularity" with the Bulgakov's concept of God's world creation from "ukon" (some barrenness), transformed into a "meon" (akin to pregnancy), and finds a complete correspondence of these ideas. "Of course, Father Sergius did not think about any singularity considered the causal series not breaking in the past, but some of his thoughts ... are quite modern."

       Another theme of modern cosmology, consonant with Father Sergius’ reflections, as the author observes, is an anthropic principle in cosmology as an indication of a certain goal in the future from a certain moment in the past, understood in the reverse course of time as the impact of the future on the past right up to its creation. In the author's opinion, Father Sergius expresses thoughts consonant with the St. Irenaeus of Lyons’ theology, that the universe creation by God must not be separated from the incarnation of God in Christ. "First of all, the body of the One who is inseparably and non-confluent God and man, according to the Chalcedonian dogma, is created. Human body requires for its generation the whole evolution from the Big Bang and singularity to the history of Israeli people and the Bethlehem cave. All this past arises as a consequence of the incarnation. Not at the singular point of the beginning should one 'see' the universe creation, but in the first century of our era."

       The author casually touches the theological thought of Fr. Sergius Bulgakov associated with the concept of original sin as created by every person on the border of time and eternity and, consequently, also influencing the past, so that the time perceived by man turns out to be a "fallen" time. This thought, the author believes, can be developed in the language of theoretical physics as the thought of the universe wave function defined by man.

       A.A. Grib concludes that modern science is at the stage of creating a language to speak about the content of Christian faith.