Scientific Studies and Edition of Polemical Writings of Kasjan Sakowicz and Piotr Mohyła. The Purpose of the Study Cover Image

Edycja i Opracowanie Naukowe Pism Polemicznych Kasjana Sakowicza i Piotra Mohyły. Problem Badawczy
Scientific Studies and Edition of Polemical Writings of Kasjan Sakowicz and Piotr Mohyła. The Purpose of the Study

Author(s): Zdzisława M. Kobylińska, Marek Melnyk
Subject(s): Anthropology, Studies of Literature, 17th Century, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe Franciszka Salezego (TNFS)
Keywords: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; polemical literature; the Union of Brest; Ruthenian culture; the Byzantine and Latin borderlands; the Catholic-Orthodox religious polemics; Catholic-Orthodox;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to present the research problem related with conducting a critical analysis of two polemical writings authored by the leading representatives of the Catholic-Orthodox religious polemics who lived on the Ruthenian lands of the First Republic of Poland. The works will include: Perspektywa (1642) by Kasjan Sakowicz and Lithos (1644) by Piotr Mohyła. The project, which is also aimed at later publication of the above texts provided with a commentary, will play a significant role in the development of knowledge about literary culture created both by the followers of the Catholic Church and by writers originating from the sphere of Eastern Christianity in the first half of the seventeenth century.

  • Issue Year: 38/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 151-163
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish