CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DECALOGUE INTERPRETATIONS IN 18TH CENTURY

Abstract

The main objective of the article is to study the evolution of Decalogue interpretations in the Russian Empire during the 18th century. In the paper, we analyze the genre history and consider the most popular compositions. We study the unknown manuscript “Pre-religion compositions” of the late 18th century and compare it to the previous catechism literature tradition because Decalogue interpretations are an integral part of catechesis. As a result of the complex analysis, we determine some characteristics of provincial religious literature of the end of 18th - beginning of 19th centuries.