Reading Circle and Resources of Self-identification of Patriarch Nikon (Based on the Material “Refutation or Demolishment”)

Abstract

The main sources of «A Refutation or Demolishment by the Most Humble Nikon, Patriarch by the Grace of God, of the Questions Which the Boyar Simeon Streshnev Addressed to Paisius Ligarid, Metropolitan of Gaza, and Paisius's Answers» Patriarch Nikon, a comparison with the Patriarch library, defined the basic terms of reading the Patriarch Nikon. Within the context of analysis the ratio quotations the biblical text, the Nomokanon, the Holy fathers in «Objection or Demolishment» are revealed. The main principles of the Patriarch Nikon work with the source text are defined.