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The Reformation · c. 1518–1556
The Works
Maximus the Greek · c. 1475–1556
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What it is
Translations, textual corrections, and treatises by an Athonite monk brought to Moscow to revise the service books, who was imprisoned for decades for his corrections.
Why it lasted
The collision of Greek scholarship with Russian tradition, and a warning about text criticism that Russia would face again a century later.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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