Maryse Dennes

This article examines the theological controversy of the *Filioque* through a cross-analysis of Byzantine and Latin linguistic and philosophical traditions. Adopting a comparative approach, Maryse Dennes shows that the disagreement between East and West over the procession of the Holy Spirit is not merely a doctrinal dispute, but is rooted in distinct cultural and linguistic presuppositions: whereas Greek privileges the person (*hypostasis*) as an irreducible reality, Latin begins from the divine essence common to the three persons. The article traces the historical stages of this divergence, from Augustine to Palamas, by way of Photius and Thomas Aquinas, and draws on Russian thinkers — notably Soloviev and Evdokimov — to show that the two traditions, far from being irreconcilably opposed, maintain a relationship of complementarity. The principal contribution lies in the articulation between linguistic determinism, philosophical horizon, and Trinitarian interpretation.

This article by Maryse Dennes offers a synthesis of the representation of women in Russian religious thought, drawing on the works of Vladimir Soloviev, Nicolas Berdyaev, Paul Evdokimov, Pavel Florensky and Sergei Bulgakov. The study shows that the theme of woman occupies a central place in this tradition of thought, inseparable from its Orthodox Christian roots. The guiding idea is that it is precisely the deepening of Christian mysteries — the cult of the Theotokos, Mary's fiat and the notion of Sophia — that enabled Russian thinkers to develop a fundamentally positive image of woman, linked to the themes of creation, love and eschatology. The article makes a twofold contribution: it highlights the internal coherence of sophiology as a theological response to the question of the feminine, and it shows how this tradition constitutes an original alternative to Western feminisms, by grounding the dignity of woman in a theological anthropology rather than in political advocacy.