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St. Petro Mohyla’s Catechism in Translation: A Term System via the Prism of Axiological Modelling and Cultural Matrix

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Analysis of two versions of St. Petro Mohyla’s Catechism (The Orthodox Confession of the Catholic and Apostolic Eastern Church, 1640), along with its seven translations, demonstrates the development of religious terms, the relevance of the Catechism to other translations, and the reasons for a successful presence of Slavia Orthodoxa in Western civilisation. The analytical method applied is axiological modelling. The search for values is grounded in etymological and contextual considerations related to the terminology of the Sacraments. The chapter seeks to identify the parameters of how successfully a translation can be received by target readers. It also aims to reveal cultural policies towards religious translation, which shows that every community approaches God in its own way.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    All translations into English by the Author (T.Sh.).

  2. 2.

    Cf. The Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9–19, translated in e.g. English Standard Version (2001) as “forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”

  3. 3.

    Recall the anointing of David by Samuel in 1 Samuel 16.

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Shmiher, T. (2019). St. Petro Mohyla’s Catechism in Translation: A Term System via the Prism of Axiological Modelling and Cultural Matrix. In: Głaz, A. (eds) Languages – Cultures – Worldviews. Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28509-8_9

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