A Metropolitan Photius Pastoral Letter as a Part of The Crhistian's Secure Shield of Faith (Khristianoopasniy Shchit Very) by the Monk Avraamii.
L.D Demidova
Keywords: manuscript Old Believers' collections, monk Avraamii, metropolitan Photius, church reform
Pages: 54-57
Abstract
A chapter from the Old Believers' collection The Christian's Secure Shield of Faith (Khristianoopasniy Shchit Very) is a subject for consideration in the article. The author shows that the monk Avraamii shuffled fragments of a metropolitan Photius' pastoral letter and provided them with his own comments so as to use the text of the early XV century for exposing the lies of the church reform supporters, Patriarch Nikon first of all. Having atemporalized the Photius' letter, Avraamii actualized its accusatory sense, which made the readers perceive it as a polemic writing, created on behalf of the Old Belief supporters.
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