The biblical-theological work «Thoughts about shame» of st. martyr Neophyte (Osipov)

Abstract

This is the first publication of the fragment of the biblical-theological work «Thoughts about shame» by st. martyr archimandrite Neophyt (Osipov). It deals with the ecclesiological position of the author during the period of church divisions in the end of 1920s till 1930s and covers the circle of theological questions touching on him at that time. The author formulates his basic positions concerning the orthodox biblical doctrine of the moral category of «the shame».

Keywords

• the secretary of Patriarch Tikhon
• right church opposition
• the new martyries and confessors of Russia
• bible study
• ecclesiology
• moral divinity
• soteriology
• the orthodox doctrine about the shame