The authors included in this volume, Ilarion, Klim Smoljatic, and
Kirill of Turov, are remarkable for both their personal and
literary achievements. Appointed in 1051 by Prince Jaroslav the
Wise, Ilarion was the first of only two recorded "native"
metropolitans of Kiev. His "Sermon on Law and Grace" constitutes
the finest piece of eleventh-century Rus' rhetorical literature.
Klim Smoljatic, the second "native" metropolitan of Rus' (from
1147), is the author of the controversial "Epistle to Foma,," which
addresses the debate over the proper nature and limits of Christian
learning. Finally, the twelfth-century monk Kirill of Turov is best
known for his collection of allegorical lessons and some of the
most accomplished sermons of Kievan Rus'.
The volume contains the first complete translations of the
"Epistle to Foma" and the lessons and sermons of Kirill, as well as
an entirely new rendering of the "Sermon on Law and Grace," Simon
Franklin prefaces the texts with a substantial introduction that
places each of the three authors in their historical context and
examines the literary qualities as well as textual complexities of
these outstanding works of Rus' literature.
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