КОРАБЛЬ ЦЕРКВИ: ОТ ВИЗУАЛИЗАЦИИ БОГОСЛОВИЯ К ПАМФЛЕТУ

• Authors: Pletneva Aleksandra

Title variants

EN

The ship of the Church: From the visualization of theology to a pamphlet

• Languages of publication: RU

Abstracts

EN

The article is devoted to the pictorial scene «Ship of Faith», which appeared in Russia at the cusp between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. The image depicts a ship steered by Christ being attacked by the enemies of the Church – unrighteous rulers and heretics. The article examines the European prototypes of this scene, which date back to the Reformation period, and puts forward a hypothesis about the connection between this story and two works by St Symeon of Thessalonica – «Sacred Rituals and Sacraments of the Church» and «Dialogue in Christ against all Heresies». Russian translations of these works made a huge influence on Russian theology. A late manuscript of Symeon’s works contains a miniature of this image, while its printed edition features an engraved version of the same miniature. The end of the 20th century was marked by a renewed interest in the scene in question due to the discussions about the development paths of the Church. The image of the church ship and heretics could now be used as a caricature of opponents.

Keywords

EN

ENGRAVED IMAGES; ALLEGORIES; ESCHATOLOGICAL EXPECTATIONS; OLD BELIEVERS; SYMEON OF THESSALONICA

• Publisher: Jan Stanislav Slavonic Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Matica Slovenska
• Journal: Slavica Slovaca
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 288 - 295

Contributors

author

Pletneva Aleksandra

• Институт русского языка им. В.В. Виноградова РАН. Россия, 119019, Москва, ул. Волхонка, д. 18/2, Russia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2949-3350

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/SlavSlov.2024.2.9