LIKOWSKI - UNIA BRZESKA 1907

LIKOWSKI Edward, Rev., Suffragan Bishop of Poznań
UNIA BRZESKA
[r. 1596]
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Warsaw1907, General Store at Gebethner & Wolff Bookstore, pp. 355, [1], format 15x22cm

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Library of Christian Works series

Basic source for the history of the synod in Brest-Litovsk in 1596, which resulted in the merger of the Orthodox Church with the Roman Catholic Church in the Republic.Part of the clergy and followers of the Orthodox Church recognized the Pope as the head of their Church, accepted all Catholic dogmas according to the arrangements of the Florentine Union, but retained its own liturgy with the Orthodox-Slavic language, the Julian calendar, hierarchy, marriage of priests and a high degree of independence in church administration.The union resulted in a split of the Orthodox Church into Unitarians (later called the Greek Catholic Church in the Austrian partition) and Dishunites, and long-standing disputes and battles between the two sides (including the Cossack wars). The Orthodox Church considers the Union of Brest as a breakdown of unity, while the Roman Catholic Church considers it the greatest and most important attempt, after the Florentine Union, to restore the unity of the Church. The Union of Brest was an attempt to eliminate the legal, social and cultural handicap of the Orthodox Church and to give the new Uniate Church an equal place with the Roman Catholic Church; not all goals were achieved, including not allowing Uniate bishops into the Polish Senate. The Union of Brest also had a political aspect, as it was an expression of sovereignty in the face of the policies of the Moscow tsars conquering the Lithuanian-Ruthenian lands, especially after the 1589 establishment of the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia, claiming sovereignty over the Orthodox Church of the Republic.

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