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 (NIU Series in Orthodox Christian Studies)

Synopsis

List Of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 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 -- Epilogue -- The Denoument, Part I -- St. Jerome As A Slavic Apostle -- The Denoument, Part 2 --^ St. Jerome As A Slav In Poland -- The Vernacular Affair -- Refutatur Error Multorum -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Of Names And Subjects -- Index Of Primary Sources. Julia Verkholantsev. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 229-252) And Indexes.