"AND IN THEIR IGNORANCE THEY DEPRIVE THEMSELVES OF MANY SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS". THE NOTION "IGNORANCE" IN THE "QUEST ABOUT SPLIT BRYNSK FAITH", SERMONS AND ADMONITIONS BY SAINT DIMITRY OF ROSTOV
Krylov Aleksei Olegovich
St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University; Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Submitted: 15.04.2018
Abstract. The article tries to discover the meaning, which Saint Dimitry of Rostov ascribed to the notion "ignorance" in his work "Quest about Split Brynsk Faith", sermons and admonitions. The author analyzes the meanings of the words "simple", "the simplest", "ignoramus", "ignorance", and "boor" in Rostov Archbishop’s polemic work. The researcher concludes that "ignorance" for Rostov Metropolitan is not a lack of knowledge and education, but, first of all, conscious denial of apostles’ tradition in spiritual life, spiritual blindness and ignorance of the true God.
Key words and phrases: митрополит Димитрий Ростовский, невежество, история русского богословия, "Розыск раскольнической брынской веры", старообрядчество, история Православной церкви, Metropolitan Dimitry of Rostov, ignorance, history of Russian theology, "Quest about Split Brynsk Faith", Old Belief, Orthodox Church history
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