title: The cult of Josaphat Kuntsevych in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th century: Between religious intolerance and proselytism
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metadata.value: Medvedev, Kirill Maximovich
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metadata.value: 2023-10-10T15:46:57Z
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metadata.value: 2023-06
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metadata.value: Medvedev, Kirill Maximovich. The cult of Josaphat Kuntsevych in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th century: Between religious intolerance and proselytism, in Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana. 2023. № 1. Pp. 39-54. DOI https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu19.2023.104
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu19.2023.104
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44212
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metadata.value: In the article within the framework of traditional ideas and concepts associated with the phenomenon of martyrdom in Western Christianity the discursive construction, formation and evolution of the cult of the Catholic martyr Josaphat Kuntsevych is considered in the context of intense inter-confessional confrontation and «Wars of Religion» in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th century. It is noted that the cult of the Uniate Archbishop of Polotsk, killed by the Orthodox, was actively used in the confrontation with the «gentiles», especially with adherents of the Orthodox Church, justifying the struggle and violence against them and, in particular, against the most convinced and stubborn enemies of the Catholic Church and the Church Union with Divine wrath and «revenge» for the shed blood of the martyr. At the same time, the cult of Josaphat had a pronounced proselytizing character, aimed at spreading Catholicism among the «gentiles». Both of these hypostases did not contradict each other, since within the framework of the Christian tradition it was believed that the martyrs, accepting death for their faith, contribute to the victory of Christianity over its enemies and its spread, because by their martyrdom they put a choice before their tormentors: either believe in the true God or be doomed to eternal suffering. Secondly, Christian authors of the Middle Ages and early modern period traditionally noted that both preaching and coercion (even violence) are equally important for the spread of the «true faith», and within the framework of the cult of Josaphat Kuntsevych this belief was vividly reflected.
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metadata.value: The research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 21-48-04402): «Saints and heroes from Christianization to Nationalism: Symbol, Image, Memory (Nord-West Russia, Baltic and Nordic countries)»
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana;Volume 33; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Josaphat Kuntsevych
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metadata.value: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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metadata.value: Catholicism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Uniatism
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metadata.value: Union of Brest
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metadata.value: Orthodoxy
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metadata.value: Protestantism
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metadata.value: cults of saints
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metadata.value: martyrs
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: historical memory
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metadata.value: identity
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metadata.value: The cult of Josaphat Kuntsevych in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th century: Between religious intolerance and proselytism
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