Father Seraphim Rose On Schmemann & Meyendorff: The Pseudo-Patristic Scholars of Orthodoxy?
Updated: Oct 7
Subdeacon Nektarios, M.A.
For many who have converted to Holy Orthodoxy, some of the first names that they will hear when it comes to books to read are those produced by Alexander Schmemann and John Meyendorff, two clergymen from the Metropolia (OCA). They are frequently spoken of as the preeminent theologians of the Orthodox Church and you will often hear people boast that they have studied under them or remark that they were the “greatest Church historians of the twentieth century.” This is frequently the narrative promulgated by those who have come from the circles at Saint Vladimir and Saint Tikhon Seminaries.
