About  St. Paul Florensky

The  Pillar and  Foundation  of  Truth

In  1911, a year  before  his  marriage, Florensky  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  by  Bishop  Theodore  Pozdeyev. While  undertaking  his  pastoral  and  teaching  duties, he  defended  his  master's  thesis  Of  Spiritual Truth, which  was  later  to  be  amplified  into  the  more  lenghly Pillar and  Foundation  of Truth, Florensky's  magnum  opus. This  highly  original  work, which  he  dedicated  to  the  church, combined  his  knowledge  of  theology, patristics, mathematics, science, medicine, history, linguistics and  art. Filled with  poetic  inspiration, it  deals  with  complex  subject  matter  in simple, clear  language, in Florensky's  personal  style. It  is  composed  of  twelve  chapters  with  titles  such  as  "Doubt", "Light  of  Truth", "The  Comforter", "Contradiction", "Sin",  and  "Friendship". Each  chapter, in accordance with  Florensky's experiential, personal approach  to  philosophy, is  intended  as  a "letter"  to  a  friend.[...]

From  the  book "Salt  of  the  Earth"
by  St.Paul  Florensky