Unpublished article of holy hierarch Tikhon (Beiiavin) / The introductory article, publication and notes of N. Suhova, descryption of the text by E. Kopylova, N. Suhova
The publication examines the previously unknown text of St. Tikhon (Bellavin), future Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia) entitled «Jansenism». This article was based on the thesis of St. Tikhon «Quesnel and his relation towards Jansenism» (1888) and in March 1891 was submitted for publication in the magazine «Readings in the Society of the ecclesiastical enlightenment lovers». The text wasn’t published in the magazine, but the manuscript was preserved in the archive of the «Society» (Russian State Library, Department of the manuscripts. F. 206). Since the thesis of St. Tikhon wasn’t preserved, this article is the only source for the understanding how he considered the one of the most important phenomena in the history of Western religious thought - Jansenism. Despite the fact that the content of the article is not relevant to the achievements of the modern scholarship, contemporary interest to the Western religious thought of XVII century and to the Russian academic theology increases the value of the article. But the undoubted importance of this text comes from its authorship, or rather from the personality of the author - St Tikhon.