Sergii Nikolaevich Bulgakov is still, for many Orthodox Christians, a somewhat ambiguous figure. In conservative circles, he is seen as one of the main architects of what is oddly called the “Paris School” of supposedly liberal (revisionist, ecumenically-minded) theological thinkers; in more mainstream discussion, he is still very often read through the lens of “neo-patristic” writers, Vladimir Lossky and Georges Florovsky above all, who were sharply critical of some of Bulgakov’s distinctive ideas.