So my subject, as Father Dominic mentioned, is Christ as wisdom,

the mystery of salvation in patristic, medieval and modern Russian sociology.

Now, what I'm going to present to you today will be essentially something of a summary of some of the key features

of what the draft of a book I've recently completed on the theme of wisdom

in the Christian tradition, with particular reference to the theme of wisdom as interpreted

by the Church Fathers and by later theologians such as St. Gregory Palamas and of course

Thomas Aquinas.

But I'm also rather interested in modern Russian sophology.

And in case the term sophology isn't familiar to you, I shall define it as discourse about God, about Christ, as wisdom, as wisdom, and what that can mean.

So I'll give you a bit of a potted summary of some highlights of the patristic and medieval

examples of sociological reflection and also finish off

with a section of modern Russian sophology

particularly the theology of Father

Sergius Bulgakov and

his claim for continuity

with the protristic tradition

in his rather arresting but problematic

theological vision.

So, although the book, as I've written, it starts off with some fairly extended

consideration of the biblical presentations of wisdom in the Old and New Testament,

I won't spend a great deal of time just now talking about the biblical

presentation of wisdom. I imagine this is rather familiar to you all. The figure of wisdom we

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