2022 # 4 (54)
Belyakova E.V.
The Commandment of John Chrysostom on Church Law in East Slavic Tradition (on the issue of new texts in the monastic libraries)
Abstract
The article continues the study of the pseudepigraphic Commandment of John Chrysostom on Church Law, known in Serbian Trebniks of the 14th–15th centuries, as well as in Bulgarian and Moldavian manuscripts of the 15th–16th centuries. For the first time, the characteristics of four East Slavic editions of the Commandment are given. Three of them date from the beginning of the 15th century. and are part of stable collections: collections of the “Arkhangelsk” type, the Myasnikov edition of the Kormchaja, the Kiril-Belozerosky edition of the Nomocanon of John the Faster and reflect the process of creating new types of canonical collections. Only in the collections of the “Arkhangelsk” type is the Commandment in its entirety, including the chapter on the Bogomils. The text of the Commandment was subjected to the greatest revision in the “Barsov” edition, which is found in the composition of the “nomocanons” addressed to priests. These collections do not have a stable composition, although they contain many matching blocks. A study of the “Barsov” edition shows that the text is found not only in the tradition of monasteries, but also among collections addressed to priests.
Key words
The Commandment of John Chrysostom on Church Law, monastic libraries, canonical collections, manuscript tradition