THE VEST CHURCH PERCEPTION OF ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON KONSTANTIN OF PRESLAV IN ORATIONES CONTRA ARIANORUM Cover Image

ВЪЗПРИЕМАНЕТО НА АТАНАСИЙ АЛЕКСАНДРИЙСКИ В ЗАПАДНАТА ТРАДИЦИЯ И ВЛИЯНИЕТО И́ ВЪРХУ КОНСТАНТИН ПРЕСЛАВСКИ В ПРЕВОДА НА СЛОВАТА ПРОТИВ АРИАНИТЕ
THE VEST CHURCH PERCEPTION OF ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON KONSTANTIN OF PRESLAV IN ORATIONES CONTRA ARIANORUM

Author(s): Pirinka Penkova
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Middle Ages, Theology and Religion, Philology
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: Athanasius of Alexandria; Konstantin of Preslav; Orationes contra arianorum

Summary/Abstract: The Latin perception of Logos/Christos as consubstantial with the God Father and "unius substantiæ cum Patre, quod Græci dicunt homoousion" received two semantic interpretations by Konstantin of Preslav in Orationes contra arianorum: as равьносѫштьнъ (equal in substance) and цѣглъ (unique). The Geek text of Athanasius of Alexandria emphasizes the unity of the Trinity. The attributiv μόνος (one, single) re. the Logos-Son corresponds to єдинъ and the common translation of ὁμοούσιοϛ, proprius substantiae, in the other Old Bulgarian manuscripts is єдиносѫштьнъ (united, undivided by nature). Exept for the semantic transfer of "unique" about the Logos-Son, the author found traces of Balcan Latin terms, existing in Bulgaria before the mission of Kyrillos and Methodius' disciples. She does not exclude an influence of Athanasius Latin tradition in the Slavonic choice of Oratio V, съланїє о праздницѣ пасхы. This Epistle for the celebration of Passover is without a known Greek source, but with a possible relation to De ratione pashae, attributed to Niceta of Remesiana (ca. 335-414) or Martin von Braga (515-580). The Slavonic treatise could be Athanasius' original work, dated in 330 and known in antiquity only in a Latin version.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 24-37
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bulgarian