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==Controversy==
"Bulgakov's theological speculations on the Divine Wisdom (Sophiology) provoked heated discussion: they never prevailed even in France where his influence was greatest, and were eventually condemned as heretical by the Moscow Patriarchate in 1935 and by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.<ref>See: [[Sophianism#Official_Pronouncements_Condemning_Sophianism:|Sophianism: Official Pronouncements Condemning]]</ref> The "sophiology" debate has cast something of a shadow over Fr. Bulgakov's memory, but it would be hard to dispute his significance as a Christian role model for Russian intellectuals of his generation."<ref> [http://www.voskrese.info/spl/Xserge-bulgakov.html ''Fr. Sergius Bulgakov''] at the St. Pachomius Library</ref>
St. [[John Maximovitch]], in his book ''The Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God'', devotes an entire chapter on why the [[sophianism]] of Sergius Bulgakov is [[heresy]], specifically one as destructive as [[Nestorianism]]. Speaking of those who attempt to deify the Theotokos, he wrote:
