Apocryphal Stories about Angels in

Dergacheva I.V.

doi:10.17759/langt.2021080202

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2021. Vol. 8, no. 2, 21–27
doi:10.17759/langt.2021080202
ISSN: 2312-2757 (online)

Apocryphal Stories about Angels in "Paley Tolkova" ⁴⁸

Dergacheva I.V.
Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department "Linguodidactics and Intercultural Communication" of the Institute "Foreign Languages, Modern Communications and Management", Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4878-2027
e-mail: dergachevaiv@mgppu.ru

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In the Old Russian Palea, which begins with a story about the creation of the world with extensive interpretations borrowed from the works of Severian of Gabala, Basil the Great, the interpretations of John Chrysostom on the Book of Genesis, the works of Epiphanius of Cyprus, “The Six Days” by John the Exarch of Bulgaria, the appearance of the earthly angels precedes the creation of the earthly world. The doctrine of the angelic ranks is based on the testimonies of the Old Testament about seraphim, cherubim, powers, angels and the New Testament information about thrones, dominions, powers, principles, archangels. In early patristics, the classification of heavenly powers belongs to Gregory the Theologian, as well as to Cyril of Jerusalem. The systematic doctrine of the hierarchy of heavenly forces belongs to Dionysius the Areopagite: in his work "On the heavenly hierarchy."

Keywords: Palea, genesis, angelic ranks, Apocalypse, Dionysius the Areopagite, dogmatic theology, exegesis

Column: World Literature. Textology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2021080202

Received: 15.05.2021

Accepted: 30.05.2021

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