COMMENTARIES OF THE METROPOLITAN IPATII POTII TO THE CHURCH SLAVONIC EDITION AND POLISH TRANSLATION OF THE «EPISTLE OF MISAEL»

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33402/up.2021-14-16-44

Keywords:

Ipatii Potii, Poselstwo do Papieża, Epistle of Misael, polemic literature, Church union, Khrystofor Filalet, Vasyl Surazkyi, Clirik of Ostrog, Onofrio Panvinio

Abstract

The article examines the commentaries of the Metropolitan of Kyiv Ipatii Potii to both the Church Slavonic edition and the Polish translation of the Epistle of Misael. In order to better present the Metropolitan’s understanding of this document, the author also considers the prefaces to both editions and the presentation of Mysael’s letter in other Potii’s works.At the same time, he points out the publisher’s false assumptions, identifi ed as such in the previous Ukrainian historiography. The commentator’s observations are classifi ed into three categories – historical, textological, and theological – and grouped by topic within each cat- egory. The Polish edition allowed us to suggest what commentaries were on the lost pages of the Cyrillic editio princeps and to trace the evolution of I. Potii’s perception of the epistle he published. This holistic approach helped to identify the main historical works on which I. Potii relied, as well as to present the theological and historical paradigms that he saw in the text of the epistle and refl ected in his commentaries to its various editions. This analysis allowed us to identify polemical works, to which this source edition was a response, and sheds light on Potiy’s motivation for publishing this charter.

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Published

2025-05-23