Кирилло-Мефодиевское славянство и „епископы славянского языка“ в Болгарии конца IX – начала X вв.
Cyrillo-Methodian Slavdom and the ‘Bishops of the Slavonic Language’ in Bulgaria in the Late 9th and Early 10th Centuries

Author(s): Dmitry I. Polyvyannyy
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Кирило-Методиевски научен център при Българска академия на науките
Summary/Abstract: For the purpose of this paper we present ‘Cyrillo-Methodian Slavdom’ as a ‘networking intellectual community’ (R. Collins) of founders, followers and promoters of the ‘literary civilization’ (R. Picchio) based upon the Church Slavonic language, its specific alphabet and the identity of a new flock of God equal to all Christian peoples who used their letters and languages to praise the Lord. Based on the ideas, activities, and literary work of Constantine-Cyril and Methodius in the 860’s, this community was established in Moravia in the late 9th century to spread out across various regions of Central and Southeastern Europe and to reach its maturity in the Principality of Bulgaria in the early 10th century. Each branch or generation of the Cyrillo-Methodian Slavdom had to adjust to the specific circumstances and conditions determined by the respective local secular and canonical authorities, while keeping and developing their initial identity.

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