Jesuit Ivan Martynov (1821–1894) at the Service of Religious Unity
Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to present vicissitudes of life of the 19th-century Jesuit Ivan Martynov who together with his three confreres – Ivan Gagarin, (1814-1882) Pavel Pierling (1840-1922) and Yevgeny Balabin (18151895) – devoted his life to ecumenical matters, striving particularly for the religious union of Orthodox Russia with the Holy See. Although Martynov was a very fruitful writer and a versatile scholar, preoccupied not only with dogmatic but also linguistic issues (especially interested in Slavic languages), art, church history and hagiography, he has not yet received the deserved scientific attention in the form of a comprehensive study that would pinpoint his place in both religious and scientific life of Russia and France. His contribution to the exploration and promotion of Old Russian cultural traditions has not been accordingly acknowledged yet. Furthermore, his role in the translation and dissemination of ecumenical ideas has not been subjected to any sort of exhaustive evaluation.
The research material will include works of Ivan Martynov, published mainly in France, but also in another countries. We will use the method of textual analysis and hermeneutical research of the primary and secondary sources. Searching for the answer to the question about the accomplishments of Ivan Martynov – a Jesuit and a scholar, we are trying to present his most important works and such fields of activity that prove he should take his rightful place in the history of religion, culture, art and literature.
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