«Conciliarity»: the emergence of a term and concept in the writings of Pseudo-Khomyakov
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2020-1-72-88
Abstract
The origin of the notion sobornost’ (“conciliarity”) which first became known from the Russian translations of the theological works by A.S. Khomyakov was enigmatic in two respects: it was unknown who was the author of the term and the notion and what was its original meaning either. The article argues, that the author of the term was Yuri F. Samarin in 1863 (or slightly earlier), and that the original meaning of the notion sobornost’ was defined by means of an analogy with the Slavophilic notion obshchinnost’ “(communality”). Thus, the “conciliarity” denoted a certain principle of the Church unity, having “an inner kinship” (Samarin’s wording) with the principle of consistency of the peasant community.
Keywords
Alexey S. Khomyakov,
Yuri F. Samarin,
Slavophiles,
sobornost’,
(conciliarity),
peasant community,
ecclesiology
Supporting agencies: The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 20-68-46021, “Slavophilism in the religious-philosophical dialogue. 1836-1917”
About the Author
B. Lourie
Institute of Philosophy and Law, Siberian Branch of the RAS; Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Basil Lourie - Dr. of Sci. (Philosophy).
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Lourie B. «Conciliarity»: the emergence of a term and concept in the writings of Pseudo-Khomyakov. Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2020;(1):72-88. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2020-1-72-88
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