Golyatovsky Ioannicius

Rector of the Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium and then Archimandrite of the monastery of Chernigov, an outstanding representative of Russian scholastic sermons XVII Century (a collection of his sermons, "the key of knowledge", in 1659, came back in 2 editions, in Kiev and Lviv). Prepared a guide for preachers ( "Science of the addition of Kazan", published in the "key of knowledge") along the lines of scholastic Latin sermons and preparing a manual for it. Artificial rules of this "Science" (compulsory sermons division into three parts, . selection of all kinds of material from the collections of ready-already an example for preachers, . arbitrary and strained interpretation of texts and examples) are reflected in the sermons Golyatovskogo and his contemporaries,
. Legends, tales and medieval information about nature and man passes sometimes these sermons in folk tales, . southern Russian written language XVII century (with some features of the Little Russian dialect), . Golyatovskomu belong to the spiritual writings, . written and published in Polish, . but go out and in Russian translation: "Conversation Belotserkovskaya" (polemic in defense of Orthodoxy against the Jesuit Pekarsky, . Preacher King Jan Kazimierz, . which Golyatovsky disputiroval in the White Church in the presence of the king), . "Old Eastern Church" (Stary Kosciolz, . polemic against the filioque), . "Fundamenty na ktorych lacinnicy jednosc Rusi z Rzymem funduja" (As for the historical and contemporary relations between Catholics and Orthodox to Uniates), . "Messiah truthful" (against the Jews, . about the introduction in the XVII century, . the East, . false messiah Sabata), . "Labedz z piorami swemiz darami boskiemi Christus" (the followers of Mohammed, . with the predictions of the impending victory of the Christians, among the examples in "The Swan" excerpt from the "Jerusalem Delivered" T,
. Tasso), . "Alphabet of heretics" and "Sophia Wisdom" (against the Arians, sotsinian: among the heretics attributed not only to Luther, . Calvin, . and Gus, . Machiavelli, . and the ancient - Greek philosophers mentioned Russian "lewd songs and ceremonies in honor of Lada, . Kupala, . Lei-Polelya and Chura),
. In addition, Golyatovsky published in Russian Collections: 445 wonders of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sky new), tales of demons (gods poganskie) and the afterlife (souls of men dead). All his works Golyatovsky printed in Kiev and Chernigov. Preserved a large portrait Golyatovskogo in Kiev, in the church and the archaeological museum. Wed. N.F. Sumtsova: "Ioannicius Golyatovsky" (Kiev, 1884). P. Vladimirov.