<sod>With the establishment of the [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute]] in Paris in 1925, Russian émigré theologians, philosophers and historians began to create a diverse range of ideas and writing. The label "Paris School" has sometimes been applied collectively to the theology of the early founders and teachers at St. Sergius including [[Georges Florovsky]], [[Vladimir Lossky]], [[Sergius Bulgakov]], [[Alexander Schmemann]], [[Nicholas Lossky]] and [[Nicholas Berdyaev]].  This label must be nuanced however by pointing out that there were at least five theological strains among the so-called Paris School.<ref> Alfeyev, Bishop Hilarion, ''Orthodox Theology on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century''. Paper at the international scholarly conference “The Russian Orthodox Church from 1943 to the present” at the Transfiguration Monastery in Bose (Italy), 15-17 September 1999 </ref> It was during the early decades of St. Sergius that the Russian Religious Renaissance reached its apogee for Eastern Orthodox Theology. By 1950, the older generation of émigrés had died (Bulgakov, Berdyaev and Shestov) so roughly this would mark the end of the renaissance. Several theologians from St. Sergius later became influential teachers in America. [[John Meyendorff]] and [[Georges Florovsky]] began at St. Sergius and later became professors at [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]].<eod>
<sod>With the establishment of the [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute]] in Paris in 1925, Russian émigré theologians, philosophers and historians began to create a diverse range of ideas and writing. The label "Paris School" has sometimes been applied collectively to the theology and religious philosophy of the founders St. Sergius and other Russian émigré intellectuals in Paris including [[Georges Florovsky]], [[Vladimir Lossky]], [[Sergius Bulgakov]], [[Alexander Schmemann]], [[Nicholas Lossky]] and [[Nicholas Berdyaev]].  This label must be nuanced however by pointing out that there were at least five theological strains among the so-called Paris School.<ref> Alfeyev, Bishop Hilarion, ''Orthodox Theology on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century''. Paper at the international scholarly conference “The Russian Orthodox Church from 1943 to the present” at the Transfiguration Monastery in Bose (Italy), 15-17 September 1999 </ref> It was during the early decades of St. Sergius that the Russian Religious Renaissance reached its apogee for Eastern Orthodox Theology. By 1950, the older generation of émigrés had died (Bulgakov, Berdyaev and Shestov) so roughly this would mark the end of the renaissance. Several theologians from St. Sergius later became influential teachers in America. [[John Meyendorff]] and [[Georges Florovsky]] began at St. Sergius and later became professors at [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]].<eod>