Expressions in the Description of Orthodox Christianity in Kronika, to jest historyja świata by Marcin Bielski (1564)
Expressions in the Description of Orthodox Christianity in Kronika, to jest historyja świata by Marcin Bielski (1564)

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the linguistic ways of describing Orthodoxy by Marcin Bielski inthe third edition of his Chronicle, dated to 1564. The analyses show that Bielski usesvarious names for this religion, distinguishing between the Greek and Ruthenian faith,that he names the Orthodox in many ways, provides details about the manner of bap-tism, the Eucharist, places of worship and the veneration of saints, and the missionof St. Cyril and Methodius, and evokes the reasons for the split of both churches orattempts to resolve it.

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