Section I. Theology
Concept of Predestination in Rom. 8:29–30 in Modern Western Biblical Studies
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Ershov V., archpriest. Koncepciya predopredeleniya v Rim. 8:29– 30 v sovremennoj zapadnoj bibleistike [Concept of predestination in Rom. 8:29–30 in modern Western biblical scholarship] // Trudy Saratovskoj Pravoslavnoj Duhovnoj Seminarii [Proceedings of the Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary]. 2025. No. 1 (28). pp. 11–26. DOI: 10.56621/27825884_2025_28_11
Abstract
The article presents a historiographical review of Western biblical studies of the 80–90s of the XX century devoted to the interpretation of the concept of predestination in the Epistle to the Romans (8:29–30). On the material of the works of leading researchers (Stam K. R., Dunn J.D.G., Fitzmyer J.A., Stuhlmacher P., Wright N.T., Byrne B., Moo D.J.) the main methodological approaches to understanding predestination in the context of Apostle Paul’s theology are analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of exegetical methods, the transition from dogmatic analysis to historical contextual one, and the identification of Christological, ecclesiological, and eschatological aspects of the concept of predestination. It is shown how the integrated application of historical and critical as well as historical and philological methods has significantly enriched the understanding of this concept in its original historical and theological context. The study demonstrates a methodological shift in Western biblical studies of the period under consideration from systematic theological constructions to multidimensional analysis of the text, taking into account its literary structure and broad theological context.
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8. Wright N.T. (1995) Romans and the Theology of Paul // Pauline Theology. Vol. III. Minneapolis. pp. 30–67. (In English).
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Author Information
Archpriest Vadim Ershov
Position: Candidate of Theology, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Biblical Studies and Theology, Vice-Rector for Research Work
Place of Work: Penza Theological Seminary
Address: 4 Perekop str., Penza, 440023, Russian Federation
Email: protevk@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0003-2172-0376
Old Testament Legal System
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Serafim (Baranov I.), hegumen. Sistema vetkhozavetnogo sudoproizvodstva [Old Testament legal system] // Trudy Saratovskoj Pravoslavnoj Duhovnoj Seminarii [Proceedings of the Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary]. 2025. No. 1 (28). pp. 27–46. DOI: 10.56621/27825884_2025_28_27
Abstract
Holy Scripture is an inexhaustible source of wisdom for a Christian. Containing instructions not only of a moral and social nature, the text of the Bible allows us to find guidelines for modern times. To a certain extent, it is generally known that modern secular law has its source in religious law. That is why it seems useful to turn to the Old Testament judicial system, which allows us to analyze the features and specificity of the genesis of law.
Although part of the Mosaic Law is lost in the New Testament, it is a reflection of the same moral law that is more accurately interpreted in Christianity. The morality of the Mosaic Law finds its expression in ideas and concepts about moral and immoral, in commandments, in references to love and conscience. The Ten Commandments are rightfully considered to be the quintessence of the Old Testament law. But is it possible to be more precise? How, for example, are they related to other laws in the Pentateuch? Should they be regarded as laws in themselves, or are they rather a set of moral principles that could be enshrined in case law and statutory law? These issues have been intensively discussed in recent years and an attempt has been made to study the issues in detail here.
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2. Ephraim I. (2012) "Rabstvo i prava cheloveka v Vetkhom Zavete" [Slavery and Human Rights in the Old Testament]. In: Barenboim A. (2012) "Filosofiya prava Pyatiknizhiya. Sbornik statey" [Philosophy of Law of the Pentateuch. Collection of Articles]. Moscow. (In Russian).
3. Levin Y., Moshe P. Deuteronomy’s Justice System: Real and Ideal. Available at: https://www.thetorah.com/article/deuteronomys-justicesystem-real-and-ideal (10/04/2024). (In English).
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Author Information
Hegumen Seraphim (Ilya Baranov)
Position: First Vice-rector, Senior Lecturer, Department of Philology
Place of Work: Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary
Address: 92 Michurina str., Saratov, 410028, Russian Federation
Email: im-srfm@mail.ru
History of Western Rite Orthodox Parishes Emergence in France During the Interwar Period
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Titov D. Istoriya poyavleniya pravoslavnyh prihodov zapadnogo obryada vo Francii v mezhvoennyj period [History of Western Rite Orthodox parishes emergence in France during the interwar period] // Trudy Saratovskoj Pravoslavnoj Duhovnoj Seminarii [Proceedings of the Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary]. 2025. No. 1 (28). pp. 47–67. DOI: 10.56621/27825884_2025_28_47
Abstract
This article is devoted to the attempt to revive Western Orthodoxy in France in the period between the two world wars. It is worth noting that the roots of modern Western Orthodoxy in France lie in the echoes of the colossal tragedy that befell Russia in 1917 and led to the exodus of millions of Russian Orthodox people from the territory of the former Russian Empire. As a result of this process, France became one of the main centers of Russian religious thought in emigration. The special intellectual environment of Paris in the interwar years gave rise to the idea of overcoming historical and cultural differences between Christians of the East and West by turning to the origins, to the distant past of Christianity to answer the questions of our time. The article will discuss the emergence of the idea in the Brotherhood of St. Photius, how Russian emigrants tried to restore the "Gallican rite" and establish the "Orthodox Church of France", and the perception of the idea by the society and other Orthodox Churches.
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Author Information
Daniil Titov
Position: Postgraduate student
Place of Work: Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies
Address: 4/2 Pyatnitskaya str., bld. 5, Moscow, 115035, Russian Federation
Email: daniiil.titov.97@gmail.com
Literature and Theology: Methodological Foundations and Project Effectiveness
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Kolesnikov S. Literatura i teologiya: metodologicheskiye osnovaniya i proyektnaya rezul'tativnost' [Literature and theology: methodological foundations and project effectiveness] // Trudy Saratovskoi pravoslavnoi dukhovnoi seminarii [Proceedings of the Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary]. 2025. No. 1 (28). pp. 68–90. DOI: 10.56621/27825884_2025_28_68
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to show the fundamental possibility of interaction between theology and literature in search of answers to key questions of the knowledge of the Divine. The object of the study is theological and literary texts, which present a paradigm of interaction between literary and theological formats. The research uses methods of system analysis, problem-historical and comparativetypological, determined by the research topic. The theoretical and practical significance of the article is determined by the reasoned proof that the literary format makes it possible to give the main issue of theology multifaceted spiritual and cognitive shades, religious and semantic modulations. It is literature that makes it possible to pronounce the main question of theology with the involvement of unique resources that expand this issue in its depth and completeness. The author concludes that the special theological vocation of the artistic possibilities of language lies in giving spiritual and intellectual definitions vivid imagery and effective persuasiveness. In order to accomplish such a task, а theological text must be built up in accordance with a certain methodological framework in which the potentials of theology and literature are synchronized. The results of the study make a significant contribution to the establishment of new possibilities for the interaction of theology and literature.
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Author Information
Sergey Kolesnikov
Position: Doctor of Sciences in Philology, Vice-Rector for Scientific Work
Place of Work: Belgorod Orthodox Theological Seminary
Address: 75 Belgorodsky Prospekt, Belgorod, 308009, Russian Federation
Position: Professor
Place of Work: Belgorod Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Address: 71 Gorky str., Belgorod, 308025, Russian Federation
Email: skolesnikov2015@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0009-0000-3829-6167
The Development of the Main Types of Spiritual Guidance in the Russian Church: Historical Aspect
Citation:
Krasnova A., Shcherbin S. Razvitiye osnovnykh vidov dukhovnogo voditel'stva v russkoy Tserkvi: istoricheskiy aspekt [The Development of the Main Types of Spiritual Guidance in the Russian Church: Historical Aspect] // Trudy Saratovskoi pravoslavnoi dukhovnoi seminarii [Proceedings of the Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary]. 2025. No. 1 (28). pp. 91–111. DOI: 10.56621/27825884_2025_28_91
Abstract
The article examines the historical aspect of the development of the main types of spiritual guidance in the Russian Church, from the 11th century to the 19th century. The definition of spiritual guidance is formulated, a brief history of spiritual guidance in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and the Trinity-Sergius Lavra is given. Various meanings of spiritual guidance practice are shown, which are revealed during the period of disputes between the Josephites and the non-possessors. A brief description of spiritual guidance in the synodal period is given, a definition of the phenomenon of Russian eldership is given and its main distinctive features are highlighted. It is concluded that at present there is a high demand for spiritual guidance among the laity, but due to a number of historically established circumstances, this demand cannot be satisfied to a sufficient degree at the moment.
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Authors Information
Alina G. Krasnova
Position: Candidate of Sciences in Philosophy, Associate Professor, Department of New Technologies in Humanitarian Education
Affiliation: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University for the Humanities
Address: Russian Federation, 115184, Moscow, Novokuznetskaya St., 23B
Email: ya@alinakrasnova.ru
ORCID: 0009-0009-4697-0137
Sergey V. Shcherbin
Position: Student
Affiliation: Southern Federal University
Address: Russian Federation, 344065, Rostov-on-Don, Dneprovsky Lane, 116
Email: sshcherbin@sfedu.ru
ORCID: 0009-0009-4697-0137
Section II. Philosophy
Ideology, Secularization and Religious Philosophy: On the Current Situation in Russia
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Rozhkov V., Bogatov M. Ideologiya, sekulyarizatsiya i religioznaya filosofiya: k voprosu o sovremennom polozhenii Rossii [Ideology, secularization and religious philosophy: on the current situation in Russia] // Trudy Saratovskoi pravoslavnoi dukhovnoi seminarii [Proceedings of the Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary]. 2025. No 1 (28). pp. 112–132. DOI: 10.56621/27825884_2025_28_112
Abstract
The article is devoted to the problem of the ideological choice of modern Russian public consciousness. Russian public consciousness, having gone through the processes of deideologization and reideologization in the post-Soviet period, found itself in a difficult situation before the dilemma of choosing between the ideologies of liberalism and Marxism. Having conducted a philosophical and theoretical analysis of the categories of "ideology", "religion" and "conservatism", the authors come to the conclusion about the inconsistency of the noted ideologies for the public consciousness of Russia. Reflection of the features of the ontological appeals of Orthodoxy and Russian religious philosophy allow the authors to assume that the ideology of love and life-creation can be formed on such an ideological basis. It could become the ideological basis for the formation of a multipolar world.
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Acknowledgments: The reported study was funded by the Russian Scientific Fund, project No. 24-28-00627 "Antique and modern person: lifestyle, death and immortality" (https://rscf.ru/project/24-28-00627/)
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Authors Information
Vladimir Rozhkov
Position: Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy, Professor, Professor of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies
Place of Work: Saratov State University
Address: 10A Volskaya str., Saratov, 410028, Russian Federation
Email: vladim-rozhkov@yandex.ru
Mikhail Bogatov
Position: Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Theoretical and Social Philosophy
Place of Work: Saratov State University
Address: 10A Volskaya str., Saratov, 410028, Russian Federation
Email: m_bogatov@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0003-2831-918X
Publications
The Specifics of the Application of Soviet Legislation on the Church Using the Example of the Investigation Case of Archbishop of Saratov and Petrovsk Dosifei (Protopopov)
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Krasnoshchekov K., archpriest. The specifics of the application of Soviet legislation on the Church using the example of the investigation case of Archbishop of Saratov and Petrovsky Dosifei (Protopopov) // Proceedings of the Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary. 2025. No 1(28). pp. 133–151. DOI: 10.56621/27825884_2025_28_133
Abstract
This work, based on the materials of the archival investigative case of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Saratov region No. 23478 in relation to Archbishop of Saratov and Petrovsk Dosifey (Protopopov) and others, examines the specifics of the enforcement of Soviet legislation on the Church in the field of family relations. The decrees of the Soviet government that introduced civil marriage and divorce in the country came into conflict with church canon law. This legal conflict, it would seem, should have been resolved within the framework of the principle of secularism of the state, as is the case in modern Russia, but in practice this led to the initiation of criminal prosecution of the arch. Dositheus for violating civil law. Thus, the problem moves into the area of understanding the principle of secularism of the state, which is also explored in the article.
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Author Information
Archpriest Kirill Evgenievich Krasnoshchekov
Position: Candidate of Theology, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Church History
Place of work: Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary
Address: Russian Federation, 410028, Saratov, Michurina str., 92
Additional position: Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Methodology of Science
Place of work: Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky
Address: Russian Federation, 410028, Saratov, Volskaya str., 10A
Email: o.kirill@list.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-7046-7592
Reviews
The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians
For citation:
Kovshov M. Novyy Zavet v yego mire: vvedeniye v istoriyu, literaturu i bogosloviye pervykh khristian [The New Testament in its world: an introduction to the history, literature, and theology of the first Christians]. Book review: Wright N.T., Bird M.F. The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2019. 992 p. // Trudy Saratovskoi pravoslavnoi dukhovnoi seminarii [Proceedings of the Saratov Orthodox Theological Seminary]. 2025. No 1(28). pp. 152–159. DOI: 10.56621/27825884_2025_28_152
Reviewed work:
Wright N.T., Bird M.F. The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2019. 992 p.
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Author Information
Mikhail Kovshov
Degree, Title: Candidate of Theology, Associate Professor
Position: Associate Professor of the Department of Biblical Studies
Place of Work: Moscow Theological Academy
Address: Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, Sergiev Posad, 141300, Russian Federation
Additional Position: Researcher
Place of Work: Perervinskaya Orthodox Theological Seminary
Address: 82 Highway str., Moscow, 109383, Russian Federation
Email: paul.quest@nextmail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0003-0656-1135