The initiator of the Byzantine Catholic Church in Russia, Vladimir Soloviev, could be regarded a saint, but without question he was a genius and the most creative and influential Russian intellectual of the 19th century. He lived a deeply virtuous life, noted for exceptional generosity to the poor, and he was notorious for giving away his wealth , even to those who were clearly fraudulent. John Henry Newman and Vladimir Soloviev. Soloviev created an extraordinary circle of intellectual…