Sylvester Kosov’s Exegesis (1635): A Manifesto of the Kyiv-Mohyla Counter-Reformation
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2015
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Isichenko, Ihor
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Bishop Sylvester Kosov’s polemical treatise The Exegesis (1635) is regarded as evidence of new
trends in Kyiv theology, reflecting the entry of Orthodox thinkers of the Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth (Rzeczpospolita) into the spiritual sphere of European Reform, traditionally
defined as the Counter-Reformation. The treatise’s author, being the closest associate of
Metropolitan Petro Mohyla, denies the Byzantine theologians’ accusations of pliancy to
Protestant influences. Demonstrating doctrinal differences with Calvinism, Lutheranism, and
Unitarianism, Sylvester Kosov determines his own faith identity and its natural connection to
the apostolic tradition and the teachings of the Church Fathers. In doing so, he uses expressive
Baroque imagery.
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Sylvester Kosov, Petro Mohyla, Counter-Reformation, polemical literature, Church Fathers, Baroque
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Isichenko Ihor. Sylvester Kosov's Exegesis (1635) : a Manifesto of the Kyiv-Mohyla Counter-Reformation [electronic resource] / Ihor Isichenko // Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. - 2015. - No. 2. - P. 65-82.