The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome: The History of the Legend and Its Legacy, or, How the Translator of the Vulgate Became an Apostle of the Slavs

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a| BR1720.J5 b| V476 2014

a| 270.2092 2| 23

a| Verkholantsev, Julia, e| author.

a| The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome : b| the history of the legend and its legacy, or, How the translator of the Vulgate became an apostle of the Slavs / c| Julia Verkholantsev.

a| DeKalb, IL : b| NIU Press, c| [2014]

c| ©2014

a| xi, 262 pages : b| illustrations, maps ; c| 27 cm

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a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-252) and indexes.

a| Origins: enigmatic apostolate -- The "mission" -- "And every tongue shall confess to God" -- The alphabet -- The liturgy -- The controversy -- The Slavonic rite in Bohemia -- The Slavonic rite in Poland? -- The bifurcation of Slavic writing: Glagolitic and Cyrillic -- Croatia: empowering myth -- The arrival of the Slavonic rite in Croatia -- The Roman Slavonic rite of the Glagolite clergy -- Sts. Cyril and Methodius as Slavic apostles in Croatia -- Cyril and Methodius in historical sources -- The legend is created: sources -- The legend is created: historical setting -- "Letters alone in books renew the past" -- Bohemia: imperial aspirations -- The Roman Slavonic rite in Prague -- "Monasterium sancti Hieronymi slavorum ordinis Benedicti" -- Patron saints of the Slavonic Monastery of St. Jerome -- The Slavic theme in Charles's representation of Bohemia's sacred history -- The theology of the Slavonic Monastery's murals -- Glagolitic, Cyrillic, and Latin letters at the Slavonic Monastery of St. Jerome -- St. Jerome's Slavic alphabet, the nobilis lingua Slauonica, and the Czech bible -- The cult of St. Jerome in Bohemia beyond the Slavonic Monastery -- St. Jerome in literary sources of Bohemian provenance -- Implications of St. Jerome's recognition as a Slav in Bohemia -- Silesia: a provincial exploit -- The Slavonic Monastery -- Hypotheses -- Poland: in Prague's footsteps -- The Slavonic Monastery of the Holy Cross at Kleparz: sources and evidence -- The cult of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Poland: hypothesis and evidence -- Catholic mission to the Orthodox Rus: hypothesis and evidence -- The Roman Slavonic rite as memorial to Slavic christianity -- Jadwiga: patron of the monastery -- The Czech trend -- The Slavic vernacular -- Decline -- St. Jerome as a Slavic apostle -- Conclusion.

a| Jerome, c| Saint, d| -419 or 420.

a| Jerome, c| Saint, d| -419 or 420 x| Cult z| Europe, Eastern.

a| Catholic Church x| Liturgy.

a| Bible x| Versions.

a| Christian saints, Slavic z| Europe, Eastern.

a| Glagolitic alphabet x| History.

a| Liturgical language x| History.

a| Europe, Eastern x| Church history.

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a| BR1720 .J5 V476 2014 w| LC i| X031707891 l| STACKS m| ALDERMAN t| BOOK