BISHOPS’S IN 1905 ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE LOCAL COUNCIL OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
The article is devoted to the analysis of the proposals of the diocesan eminences of 1905, on what grounds and on what principle should to be a member of the supposed All-Russian Church Council. The bishops showed great interest in the subject, a topic that is fiercely debated in the periodical press of the studied time. They differed in detail, in fact, outlined the composition of the future Council, which should represent all levels of the hierarchy - bishops, clergy, and laity. The subject of the article is undoubtedly relevant, as «Reviews of diocesan bishops» 1905 became the basis for the work of the pre-Council organs up to the time of the convocation of the Local Council 1917-1918.