77 Iz virni znans tv eni članek/ Article (1.01) Bogoslovni vestnik/Theological Quarterly 82 (2022) 1, 77—92 Besedilo pr eje t o/R eceiv ed:03/2022; spr eje t o/ Accep t ed:03/2022 UDK/UDC: 378.6(497.11Beogr ad):27-9 DOI: 10.34291/B V2022/01/Puz o vic © 2022 Puz o vić, CC B Y 4.0 Vladislav Puzović The Study of Church History at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade 1 Proučevanje cerkvene zgodovine na Pravoslavni teo- loški fakulteti v Beogradu Abstract : The s tudy of Chur ch His t or y a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology in Bel- gr ade, during the 20 th cen tur y , w as perf ormed within tw o c our ses – the His- t or y of the Se r bian Or thodo x Chur ch and the His t or y of Chr is tian Chur ch. F or a cert ain period of time, besides these tw o major Chur ch His t or y c our ses, ther e also e xis t ed the f ollo wing c our ses – Cultur al His t or y of B y z an tium, the His t or y of the Russian Orthodo x Chur ch, and the His t or y of W es t ern Chris tianity . These c our ses w er e t augh t not only b y Serbian, but also b y Russian pr of essor s who e mig r a t e d fr om So v ie t Russia. This pape r g iv e s the basic outline of the sc ie n- tific leg acy of the Chur ch His t or y Pr of essor s a t the a f or emen tioned F aculty . The Ru ssi an p r of essor s h ad l e ft th e mos t p r of oun d mark i n th e fiel d of th e s tu d y of the his t or y of the Chur ch in B y z an tium, and the his t or y of the Monoph y sit e and N e s t or ian Communitie s. The ir scie n tific le g acy w as impor t an t f or the Se r bian en vir onmen t as a f ounda tion f or further s tudy of the abov e-men tioned themes. The scien tific leg acy of the Serbian pr of essor s w as mos tly r ela t ed t o the s tudy of the Serbian ecclesias tic al pas t. A f ew er number of their scien tific paper s c oncerned the themes of the his t or y of W es t ern Chris tianity . The aim of this paper is t o r epr esen t the main r esear ch dir ections in Chur ch His t or y a t the F ac- ulty of Or thodo x The olog y in Be lg r ade dur ing the 20 th century. The individual w ork of each pr of essor has bee n e x amined as a part of a whole which r e pr e - sen ts a unified scien tific leg acy . Keywords: Chur ch His t or y , the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology in Belgr ade, Ale x ander P a vlo vich Dobr oklonsky , St e v an Dimitrije vić, Radosla v Grujić. 1 The pape r has be e n c r e a t e d w ithin the sc ie n tific r e se ar c h ac tiv ity of the F ac ulty of the Or thodo x The ol - ogy of the Univ er sity of Belgr ade, financed by the Minis tr y of E duc a tion, Science and T echnologic al De v elopmen t of the R epublic of Serbia. The article w as tr ansla t ed in t o English b y Ana Dr ag ana Lupulo vić, the T eacher of English Languag e a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology , Univ er sity of Belgr ade. 78 Bogoslovni vestnik 82 (2022) • 1 Povzetek: Na Pr a v osla vni t eološki f ak ult e ti v Beogr adu je pr ouče v anje cerkv ene z g odo vine v 20. s t ole tju pot e k alo znotr aj dv e h pr e dme t o v , in sice r Zg odo v ine Sr b sk e pr a v osla v ne Ce r k v e t e r Zg odo v ine k r šč ansk e Ce r k v e . P ole g t e h dv e h v e - čjih cerkv eno z g odo vinskih pr edme t o v so v določenih obdobjih ob s t ajali še dru - gi pr edme ti: K ulturna z g odo vina Biz anc a, Zg odo vina Rusk e pr a v osla vne Ce rk v e in Zg odo vina z ahodneg a kr šč ans tv a. Pr edme t o v niso pouče v ali le srb ski, pač pa tudi r usk i pr of e sor ji, k i so e mig r ir ali iz so v je tsk e Rusije . P r ičujoči člane k ponuja osnovni pr egled znans tv ene dediščine pr of esorje v cerkv ene z g odovine na ome- njeni f ak ult e ti. Ruski pr of esorji so pus tili najgloblji peč a t na podr očju r azisk a v cerkv en e z g o d o vi n e Bi z an c a t er z g o d o vi n e n es t o ri j an s ki h i n mo n o fi zi ts ki h sk u - pnos ti. Njiho v a znans tv ena dediščina je z a srb ski pr os t or pomembna k ot t emelj z a nadaljnje pr ouč e v anje t e h t e m . Zna ns tv e na de dišč ina sr b sk ih pr of e sor je v je bila medt em po v ečini po v e z ana s srb sk o cerkv eno pr e t eklos tjo. Manjše š t e vi- lo njiho vih znans tv enih obja v je obr a vna v alo tudi t eme iz z g odo vine z ahodneg a kr šč ans tv a. Cilj pričujočeg a član k a je pr eds t a viti gla vne r azisk o v alne smeri cer - kv ene z g odo vine na Pr a v osla vni t eološki f ak ult e ti v Beogr adu sk o zi 20. s t ole tje. Pr eds t a vljeno je individualno delo posame znih pr of esorje v k ot del celot e, ki pr eds t a vlja eno vit o znans tv eno dediščino. Ključne besede : cerkv ena z g odo vina, Pr a v osla vna t eološk a f ak ult e t a v Beogr adu, Alek sander P a vlo vič Dobr oklonski, St e v an Dimitrije vić, Radosla v Grujić 1. Introduction The r e tr ospectiv e analy sis of the his t oric al curr en ts of theologic al educ a tion in higher schools of theology r epr esen ts one of the pr ec onditions f or the under s t an- ding of the curr en t s t a t e of ac ademic theology as w ell as one of the pr ec onditions f or the pr omoti on of further r esear ch in diff er en t theologic al disciplines. In such a c on t e x t, the analy sis of Chur ch His t or y s tudy a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theolo- gy in Belgr ade, during the 20 th cen tur y , should be ob ser v ed. Bearing in mind tha t dur ing the g r e a t e r par t of the a f or e me n tione d ce n tur y the r e e xis t e d a c ommon South Sla vic s t a t e (The King dom of Serb s, Cr oa ts and Slo v enes / Y ug osla via, la t er soc ialis t Y ug osla v ia) the le g ac y of the ac ade m ic s tudy of Chur c h His t or y in Be lg r a- d e c an b e seen as a p art o f a wi d er l eg acy o f Ch u r ch Hi s t o r y s tu d y a t th e h i gh er schools of theology in the f ormer Y ug osla via. Ob ser v ed in a wider c on t e xt, the scien tific leg acy of the Chur ch His t or y Pr of essor s of Belgr ade c an be seen as a part of both scien tific and cultur al leg acy in South Sla vic ar eas during the 20 th century. 2 The es t ablishmen t of the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology in Belgr ade w as planned acc or ding t o the Act on Univ er sities, enact ed in the King dom of Serbia in 1905. 2 In the a f or emen tioned c on t e x t this paper is in a cert ain c orr ela tion with the paper of R obert P e tk o v šek, dedic a t ed t o the dev elopmen t of the theologic al educ a tion a t the F aculty of Theology in Ljubljana, mos tly in the same chr onologic al period s tudied b y this paper as w ell (P e tk o v šek 2019, 473–490). 79 79 Vladislav Puzović - The Study of Church History... The pr oble ms c oncerning the t e aching s t a ff , and la t e r the w ar s, in the se c ond de- c ade of the 20 th cen tur y had pos tponed the opening of the F aculty . The t eaching a t the F aculty had begun in ne w his t oric al cir cums t ances, in the ne wly cr ea t ed King dom of Serb s, Cr oa ts and Slo v enes, b y the end of 1920. Since the opening of the F aculty , Chu r ch His t or y c ou r ses ha v e been t augh t. The tw o basic Chur ch His - t or y c our se s w er e - the His t or y of the Se rbian Orthodo x Chur ch and the His t or y of Chris tian Chur ch. During the period be tw een the tw o W orld W ar s, tw o c our ses – the Cultur al His t ory of B yz antium and the His t ory of the Russian Orthodo x Chur ch had also been t augh t during a cert ain period of time. Since 1925 the c our se – the His t or y of Chris tian Chur ch w as divided in such a w a y tha t the His t or y of W estern Christianity fr om the 11 th century was t aught as a separ ate cour se (Dr aš k ović 1961, 2–3; 7). In these c our ses, the s tuden ts of the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology w er e giv en the oppo rtunity t o learn about the his t or y of their Mother Serbian Orthod o x Chur ch, the Univ er sal Chris tian Chur ch up t o the 11 th century, the his t ory of other Orthodo x Chur ches as w ell as the his t ory of the Ca tholic Chur ch and Pr ot es t an t Communities. 2. The Professors of Church History at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade Thr ee Russian chur ch his t orians t augh t a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology in Belgr ade. The fir s t of them w as Doct or of Chur ch His t or y Ale x ander P a vlo vich Do- br oklonsky (1856–1937), an alumnus of the Mosc o w Theologic al Ac adem y and a s tuden t of a f amous Russian chur ch his t orian Ale x e y P e tr o vich Lebede v . Be f or e c oming t o the King dom of Serb s, Cr oa ts and Slo v enes, he had been a Dean and a pr of essor a t the F aculty of His t or y and Philology of No v or ossisk Univ er sity in Odessa. He t augh t a t the F acul ty of Orthodo x Theology in Belgr ade fr om 1920 t o 1937 (APBF , Dosije A . P . D .). He chair ed the fir s t Session of the F aculty Council, held on Sep t em ber 6th, 1920 (APBF , K njig a z apisnik a sednic a f ak ult e tsk og sa v e t a (1920–1930), 1). He w as one of the fir s t f our pr of essor s of the F aculty and the fir s t pr of essor of the His t or y of Chris tian Chur ch. The sec ond Russian chur ch hi s t orian w as T eodor Iv ano vich Tit o v (1864–1935), the Doct or of Chur ch His t or y and a f or - mer pr of essor of Kie v Theologi c al Ac adem y . He t augh t a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology fr om 1920 t o 1935. Since the place of a pr of essor in the Departmen t of the His t or y of the Chris tian Ch ur ch had alr eady been t ak en, Tit o v t augh t Biblic al His t or y with Biblic al Ar chaeology , and la t er – Dogma tic Theology (APBF , Dosije T . I. T .). A t the r e que s t of the Russian s tude n ts, and with the appr o v al of the F aculty Council, he t augh t the His t ory of the Russian Orthodo x Chur ch, as an electiv e c our - se, fr om the 1922 (APBF , K njig a z apisnik a sednic a f ak ult e tsk og sa v e t a (1920–1930), 69; 223). In this w a y , a ft er the f or cible closing of Russian Theologic al Ac ademies, Russian Chur ch His t or y , as a f aculty c our se, c on tinued t o e xis t in Belgr ade. The thir d Russian chur ch his t orian w as Vik en ty Floriano vich Fr adinsky (1892–1961). Unlik e Dobr oklo nsky and Tit o v , Fr adinsky w as not an alumnu s of Russian theolo - 80 Bogoslovni vestnik 82 (2022) • 1 gic al ac ademies. He had gr adua t ed, and la t er , in 1939, g ot his Th.D . a t Belgr ade F aculty of Orthodo x Theology . He s t art ed w orking a t the F aculty in 1924, as an assis t an t libr arian. He bec ame an Assis t an t Pr of essor in 1939 . He w as one of the f e w pr of essor s who r es t or ed the F aculty of Orthodo x Theolo gy a ft er the Sec ond W orld W ar . When the F aculty w as e xpelled fr om the Univ er sity of Belgr ade in 1952, he declar ed i n wri ting tha t he w ould s t a y a t the F acul ty (APBF , Dosi je V . F . F .). He succeede d Pr of essor Do br oklonsky in the Departmen t of Chris tian Chur ch His t or y and t augh t this c our se up t o 1961. In this w a y , Russia n chur ch his t orians held the Departmen t of Chris tian Chur ch His t or y a t the F aculty of Orthodo x The- ology in Belgr ade f or f our dec ades. A lis t of Serbian chur ch his t orians who t augh t a t the F aculty of Orthodo x The- ology in Belgr ade begins with St e v an Dimitrije vić (1866–1953). Dimitrije vić w as an alumnus of Kiev Theologic al Ac adem y and a R ect or of Prizr en Seminary f or man y y ear s. He w as the fir s t Dean of the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology in Belgr a- d e an d th e fi r s t Pr o f esso r o f th e Hi s t o r y o f th e S erb i an Orth o d o x C h u r ch . He w o r - k ed a t the F aculty fr om 1920 t o 1936. He w as a w ar ded the Honor ar y Degr ee of the Univ er sity of Belgr ade in 1936, f or his gr ea t c on tribution t o na tional science and cultur e pr omotion (APBF , Dosije S. D .). The Cultur al His t or y of B y z an tium w as t aug h t b y Dr ag utin A nas t asije v ić (1 8 7 7 –1 9 5 0 ), an alum nus of the Be lg r ade F ac ul- ty of Philosoph y , who de f ended his Doct or al Dissert a tion in Munich in 1905, under the men t or ship of K arl K rumbacher . Be f or e t eaching a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology he had t augh t as a Pr of essor of the His t or y of B y z an tium a t the F aculty of Philosoph y in Belgr ade. He w as the fir s t Serbian B y z an t ologis t and the f ounder of the Departmen t of B y z an t ology a t the F aculty of Philosoph y . He c ame t o the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology in 1920 and t augh t ther e un til his r e tir emen t (APBF , Dosije D . A .). In 1924, hier omonk Irinej Đorđe vić (1894–1952), an O xf or d gr adu - a t e and a Doct or of Theology of the F aculty of Orthodo x Theo logy of the Univ er - sity of A thens, w as elect ed a t eaching assis t an t t o Dobr oklonsky , a t the Depart - men t of Chris tian Chur ch His t or y . Fr om 1925 he t augh t the His t or y of W es t ern Chris tianity , as a part of Chris tian Chur ch His t or y c our se. He w as a specialis t in the his t or y of the Anglic an Chur ch. He had s t a y ed a t the F aculty un til 1928 when he w as appoin t ed Auxiliar y Bishop of Sr em (APBF , Dosije I. Đ .). Ar chimandrit e Filar e t Gr anić (1883–1948), who t augh t P a tr ology and Canon La w fr om 1929, de se r v e s the cr edit f or the de v elopmen t of Chur ch His t or y science. He wr ot e a number of signific an t scien tific paper s on Chur ch His t or y . Gr anić de f ended his Doct or al Dis - sert a tion in Munich, under the men t or ship of K arl K rumbacher , as w ell as Anas t a- sije vić. Be f or e c oming t o the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology he had t augh t as a Pr of essor of B y z an t ology a t the F aculty of Philosoph y in Sk opje, and fr om 1933 he w as a part -time Pr of essor of the His t or y of B y z an tium a t the F aculty of Philosoph y in Belgr ade. In 1935 he bec ame a member of the Serbian R o y al Ac adem y (Je v tić 1980, 27). Be f or e the s t art of the Sec ond W orld W ar Radosla v Grujić (1878–1955) and Đok o S l i jep če vi ć (1907–1993) t augh t a t the Departmen t of the Hi s t or y of the Serbian Orthodo x Chur ch. Grujić de f ended his Doct or al Dissert a tion a t the F acul - ty of Philosoph y in Z agr eb, and , be f or e c oming t o the F aculty of Orthodo x Theo - 81 81 Vladislav Puzović - The Study of Church History... logy he had been a pr of essor a t the F aculty of Philosoph y in Sk opje f or a long time (1920–1937). While he w as in Sk opje, he or g aniz ed the Museum of South Serbia and s t art ed a scien tific journal The Herald of the Skopje Scientific Society (Serb. Гласник Скопског научног друштва). He c ame t o the Belgr ade F aculty of Ortho - do x Theology in 1937. As a F aculty Pr of essor , he bec ame a member of the Serbi - an R oy al Academ y , and he es t ablished the Museum of the Serbian Orthodo x Chur ch in Belgr ade. During the Sec ond W orld W ar , with the help of Germans, he sa v ed the holy r elics of the Serbian sain ts fr om the Frušk a Gor a monas t eries, whi - ch w er e loot ed b y the Cr oa tian Us t aše milit ar y units, since the r egion of Sr em w as a part of the so-c alled Independen t St a t e of Cr oa tia. Aft er the Sec ond W orld W ar , he w as pr osecut ed f or c ollabo r a tion b y the c ommunis t autho rities (APBF , Dosije R . G.). Đok o Slijepče vić s t art ed t eaching a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology in 1938. E arlier on, he had be c ome the fir s t Doct or of The ology a t this F aculty . His men t or w as St ev an Dimitrijević. Ha ving de f ended his Doct or al Dissert a tion he w en t t o the F aculty of Pr ot es t an t Theology in Berlin f or further educ a tion (APBF , Dosije Đ . S.). Be f or e and during the Sec ond W orld W ar he s t ood out as a fier ce opponen t of the c ommunis ts. F or this r eason, he w as f or ced t o flee t o It aly via Slo v enia in 1944. He spen t the r es t of his lif e as an immigr an t, mos tly in German y , wher e he w ork ed a t the Munich Ins titut e f or Southeas t Eur ope. Aft er the Sec ond W orld W ar , when the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology w as e xpe - lled fr om the Univ er sity of Belgr ade, the long es t t eaching c ar eer among the chur ch his t orians a t the F aculty had Dušan K ašić (1914–1990). K ašić w as an alumnus of the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology and a s tuden t of Radosla v Grujić. He t augh t Chur ch His t ory c our ses f or thr ee dec ades, primarily the His t ory of the Serbian Orthodo x Chur ch (1959–1988). He c on tribut ed t o the de v elopmen t of ecumenic al r e la tions, par ticipa ting as one of the Se r bian Or thodo x Chur ch r e pr e se n t a tiv e s a t the 4th Assembly of the Sec ond V a tic an Council in 1965, among other things (A P BF , Dosije D . K .). Be side s K ašić, in the be f or e -me n tione d pe r iod, Chur ch His t o- r y c our ses w er e t augh t b y Ljubomir Durk o vić Jak šić (1907–19 97), a Doct or of Hi- s t or y of the F aculty of Philosoph y in W ar sa w , as w ell as Dr ag osla v Str anjak ović ( 1901–1966) , a D o ct o r o f Hi s t o r y o f th e F acu l ty o f Ph i l o so p h y i n Bel gr ad e. D u ri n g the 30s, as a s tuden t of the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology , Durk o vić Jak šić w en t t o P oland, wher e he c on tinued his s tudies of Orthodo x Theology in W ar sa w . La t er on, he g ot his Mas t er and Doct or al Degr ee, and, in the y ear s f ollo wing the Sec ond W orld W ar , he t augh t the His t or y of the Serbi an Orthodo x Chur ch a t Belgr ade F a- culty of Orthodo x Theology (Mladeno vić 1997, 277–278). Be f or e c oming t o the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology Str anjak o vić had t augh t as a Pr of essor of Na tional His t or y a t the Belgr ade F aculty of Philosoph y . Aft er the Sec ond W orld W ar , he t a- u gh t a t th e F acu l ty o f Orth o d o x Th eo l o gy f o r se v er al y ear s (APBF , Dosi je D . S . ). B y the end of the 20th cen tur y , and a t the beginning of the 21s t cen tur y the Chur ch His t ory c our ses w er e t augh t b y Bishop A t anasije (Je vtić) (1938–2021), Pr edr ag Puz o vić (*1950) and Radomir P opo vić (*1954). All thr ee of them w er e the alumni of Belgr ade F aculty of Orthodo x Theology , Je v tić had g ot his Doct or al Degr ee a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology in A thens, while Puz o vić and P opo vić had g ot 82 Bogoslovni vestnik 82 (2022) • 1 their s a t Belgr ade F aculty of Orthodo x Theology (APBF , Dosije A . J .; Dosije P . P .; Dosije R . P . File). 3. The Scientific Contribution of the Russian Professors of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade to the Study of Church History Ale x ander P a vlo vich Dobr oklonsky and Theodor Iv ano vich Tit o v br ough t the tr a- dition of pr e-r e v olution Russian Chur ch his t oriogr aph y t o Belgr ade. Dobr oklonsky had de f ended his Mas t er Thesis and Doct or al Dissert a tion a t Mosc o w Theologic al Ac adem y . Both the Thesis and Dissert a tion c oncerned the his t or y of the Chur ch in the time of the E cumenic al Councils. His Mas t er Thesis, „ The W ork of F acundus, the Bishop of Hermiane In Defense of the Three Chapters (Pro defensione trium capitu- lorum): a His t oric al-Critic al R esear ch on the Epoch of the Fifth E cumenic al Council“ (Rus. „Сочинение Факунда, еписк опа Г ермианск аг о В защиту тре х г лав (Pro de- fensione trium capitulorum): ист орик окритическ ое изсле д ование из эпо хи V -г о все ленск ог о собора“) had been writt en under the men t or ship of Ale x e y P etr ovich Lebedev , one of the f ounder s of the critic al dir ection in the Russian Chur ch his t orio - gr aph y . It had a ttr act ed the a tt en tion of w es t ern scien tific cir cles. A f amous German theologian Adolf v on Harnack wr ot e a positiv e r e vie w of this Thesis in the journal Theologische Literaturzeitung (Dobr oklonsky 1938, 6). The Doct or al Dissert a tion w as titled „ V ener able Theodor e, the Conf essor and the Abbot of Studion: His Time, Lif e , W or k , and W r iting s “ (Rus. „П ре п о д об н ый Фе о д ор, И сп ове дн и к и и г у ме н Сту дийский: Ег о эпо ха, жизнь, д еят е льность и творения“). It w as the mos t c om- pr ehensiv e w ork dedic a t ed t o the f amous B y z an tine theologian of the fir s t part of the 9th cen tur y (Puz o vi ć 2011, 57–66). Among the numer ous si gni fic an t Chur ch His t or y w ork s published b y Dobr oklonsky in Russia, his f our - v olume t e x tbook on the his t or y of the Russian Chur ch, in t ended f or Russian Theologic al Seminaries, s t ands out. He had writt en this t e x tbook r elying on the me thods of his pr of essor fr om Mosc o w Theologic al Ac adem y – E v g eniy E v signe y e vich Golubinsky . The chie f char act eris tics of Lebede v and Golubinsky ’ s scien tific w ork w er e a critic al analy sis of the sour ces and a pr ecise f act ogr aph y based on sour ce ma t erials. Dobr oklonsky t ook with him his t eacher s’ me thodology t o Belgr ade. Tit o v had bec ome a Candida t e of Theology a t Kie v Theologic al Ac adem y , a ft er which he g ot his Mas t er and Doct or al Degr ee. His Candida t e and Mas t er Thesis w er e dealing with Biblic al Studies themes, while his Doct or al Dissert a tion w as writ - t en under the title „ The Russian Orthodo x Chur ch in the P olish-Lithuanian St a t e “ (Rus. „Русск ая Православная Ц ерк овь в По льск о-Лит овск ом г осу дарстве “). Tit ov had published mor e than 90 scien tific paper s in Russia. He w as f amous as a speci- alis t f or the his t or y of the Russian Chur ch in Malor ossia (Ukr aine) as w ell as f or the his t or y of Kie v Theologic al Ac adem y . He w as the successor of Kie v Chur ch His t or y school tr adition, with Me tr opolit an Mak ar y Bulg ak o v as its main r epr esen t a tiv e (Uljano v skij 2003, XLIV–CXXVI). 83 83 Vladislav Puzović - The Study of Church History... The thir d Russian chur ch his t orian a t Belgr ade F aculty of Orthodo x Theology , Vik en ty Floriano vich Fr adinsky , s tudied in Belgr ade and w as a s tuden t of Dobr o- klonsky and Tit ov . He w as the sec ond Doct or of Theology a t this F aculty , a ft er Đok o Slijepče vić. He wr ot e his Doct or al Dissert a tion unde r the title „St. N ilus of Sinai, His Lif e, His Lit er ary W ork and His Mor al-Ascetic T eaching“ (Serb. „Свети Нил Си н ајски , њ е г ов жи во т , књ и ж е вн и рад и моралн о-аск е т ск о у ч е њ е “). This Dis- sert a tion r epr esen t ed the fir s t s y s t ema tic s tudy b y an Orthodo x Theologian on this Hol y F a ther . The Dissert a tion w as published sequen tially in the journal The- ology ( S erb . Богословље) , an d i t w as p o si tiv el y r e vi e w ed i n S erb i an th eo l o gi c al cir cles (K ašić 1961, 29). These thr ee Russian chur ch his t orians, the pr of essor s of the Belgr ade F aculty of Or thodo x The olog y , c on tr ibut e d imme nse ly t o the s tudy of Chur ch His t or y a t this F aculty . T w o v oluminous not ebook s of Dobr oklonsky ’ s lectur es on the His t o- r y of Chris tian Chur ch ar e k ep t in the F aculty ar chiv e. These lectur es enc ompass the period up t o the y ear 1054 . In his Belgr ade lectur es, Dobr oklonsky mos tly r e- lied on the w ork s of Lebede v , his t eacher , but also on the w ork s of a f amous Sain t P e t e r sbur g The olog ic al A c ade m y P r of e ssor V asily V asily e v ic h Bolot o v . The se le s- sons had c ompensa t ed f or wha t w as lacking in the Serbian Chur ch His t or y scien- ce. In his lectur es, Dobr oklonsky r epr esen t ed the his t ory of the early Chur ch during the fir s t thr ee cen turies of the Chris tian per secution, and the his t or y of the Chur ch in the period of the se v en E cumenic al Councils a ft er tha t. He dedic a t ed se v er al chap t er s t o the r ela tions among the major cen tr es in Chris tian E as t and W es t. 3 The lectur es ar e based on r eli able f act ogr aph y and de t ailed his t oric al-theologic al analy sis of the k e y e v en ts of the Chris tian his t or y in the fir s t millennium. The tr a- dition of the Russian his t oriogr aphic al school w as c on v e y ed in these lectur es t o the Belgr ade F aculty of Orthodo x Theology . Dobr oklonsky , Tit o v and Fr adinsky published a number of scien tific paper s on Chur ch His t or y in Serbian scien tific journals. Dobr oklonsky and Fr adinsky made th e gr ea t es t c o n tri b u tio n i n th e fi el d o f th e Hi s t o r y o f Ch ri s tian Ch u r ch , as w el l as Tit o v in t he His t or y of Se r bia n Or t hodo x Chur c h. Dobr ok lonsk y a nd Fr a dinsk y pu- blished their major scien tific paper s in the F aculty scien tific journal – Theology (Serb. Богословље). In 1926 Dobr oklonsky published his paper „ The Rig our (ἡ τῆς ἀκ ριβείας) and Dispensa tion (ἡ τῆς οἰκ ονομίας) of Chur ch P olitics – a His t oric al Overview“ (Serb. „Црквена политика ригористичка (ἡ τῆς ἀκριβείας) и попу ст љива (ἡ τῆς οἰκ ονομίας) – ист оријски прег ле д “). This paper deals with the c omple x his t or y of rig our and dispensa tion of Chur ch politics during the fir s t millennium. The period of the 8 th and 9 th cen tury , when the c on flict of the tw o curr en ts in the B y z an tine Chur ch w as a t its peak w as analy sed in de t ail. Dobr o - klonsky w as an e xpert on this since the theme of his Doct or al Dissert a tion c on- cerned this v er y period. T en y ear s la t er (1936) he published a paper titled „ The 3 The fir s t not e book of Dobr ok lonsk y ’ s le c t ur e s is tit le d The General History of the Christian Church – the first period (up to 313) (Serb. Општа ист орија Хришћанск е Цркве – први перио д (д о 313)), while the se c ond be ar s the title The General History of Christian Church – second period (313–1054), part I (Se r b. Општа ист орија Хришћанск е Цркве – др уги перио д (313–1054), I д ео) (APBF). 84 Bogoslovni vestnik 82 (2022) • 1 E cumenic al Councils of the Orthodo x Chur ch (their s tructur e)“ (Serb. „Васе љенски сабори Православне Цркве (њих ова стр уктура)“). Tha t w as his las t published scien tific paper . It analy sed the his t oric al de v elopmen t of the Council Ins titution in the Chris tian Chur ch. The paper w as based on the sour ces. Dobr oklonsky used the c oun cil acts, published in the Collections of Migne, Mansi and He f ele, as w ell as th e d a t a fr o m th e Ch u r ch Hi s t ori es o f Eu seb i u s o f Caesar ea, S o cr a t es S ch o l a- s ticus, Hermias So z omen, and Theodor e t of Cyr . The abo v e-men tioned paper s of Dobr oklonsky made a signific an t c on tribution t o the Serbian Chur ch his t orio- gr aph y . Ther e w er e no quality scien tific paper s on these t opics in Serbian Chur ch His t oriogr aph y be f or e Dobr oklonsky (Puz o vić 2012, 100–106). A f e w y ear s a ft er Dobr oklonsky , Fr adinsky published tw o of his scien tific paper s in Theology (Serb. Богословље). In 1939 he published a paper titled „ A Charisma- tic-Hier ar chic Ins titution in the Ancien t Chris tian Chur ch “ (Serb. „Х аризма тичк о- јерар хичк а институција у старој хришћанск ој цркви“). A y ear la t er (1940), a paper titled „ The Chur ch and the St a t e. Their R ela tionship in the Sec ond P eriod of the Chris tian Chur ch fr om 313 to 1054“ (Serb. „Црква и држ ава. Њих ов међ усобни о днос у другом перио ду хришћанске цркве о д 313 до 1054 г о дине “) w as published. In the f ormer paper , which r epr esen t ed his inaugur al lectur e a t the F aculty , he described thr ee charisma tic minis tries in the Ancien t Chur ch: apos tles, pr ophe ts and t eacher s. He used sour ces such as Didache, the Shephe r d of He rmas, and the Chur ch His t or y of Euse bius the Bishop of Cae sar e a. Bishop A t anasije Je v tić poin t ed out tha t this paper » w as a signific an t c on tribution t o the scien tific-theologic al e ff ort in Serbian theology be f or e the Sec ond W orld W ar« (Jevtić 1980, 191). The la tt er paper c onsider s the r ela tions be tw een the Chur ch and the s t a t e in the E as t ern R oman Empir e, fr om the E dict of Milan t o the Gr ea t Schism in the 11th cen tur y . Dobr oklonsky and Fr adinsky made a signific an t c on tribution t o the s tudy of the r ela tionship betw een the Orthodo x and Anglic an Chur ch, as w ell as the Monoph y si - t e and Nes t orian c ommunities. A t the r eques t of the Holy S ynod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodo x Chur ch tha t the e xpert opinion of the F aculty of Orthodo x Theo- logy in Belgr ade should be passed on the v alidity of the Anglic an c onsecr a tion of a bishop, Dobr oklonsky , with another Russian pr of essor - Nik ola y Nik anor ovich Glu- bok ovsky wr ot e a paper titled „ An Opinion of the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology on the Authen ticity of the Consecr a tion of a Bishop in the Anglic an Chur ch “ (Serb. „Мишљење Богословског факу лтета пово дом питања о аутентичности хиро т оније Анг лик анск е Цркве “). The paper w as published in Serbian Church He- rald (Serb. Весник Српске Цркве), in 1923. Ther e it w as s t a t ed tha t, fr om the his t o - r ic al poin t of v ie w , the apos t olic suc c e ssion in the A ng lic an Episc opac y m ig h t be r ec ognised, but tha t a clear s t a t emen t of the Anglic an Chur ch on the char act er of a c onsecr a tion of a bishop, and or dina tion in g ener al w as necessary . During the 50s Fr adinsky published a series of paper s dedic a t ed t o the his t or y of Monoph y sit e and Nes t orian c ommunities in the Northern Afric a, the Middle E as t, and T r ansc auc asia in an Anthology of Works of the Faculty of Orthodox The- ology (Serb. Зборник Православног богословског факултета). Ther e he de - 85 85 Vladislav Puzović - The Study of Church History... scribed the his t or y of these c ommunities, the specificities of their dogma tic doc- tri ne, th e basi c l i tu r gi c al char act eri s tics, ch ur ch admi n i s tr a tion and cus t oms. He w as of an opi ni on tha t the di ff er ences be tw een the Orthodo x Chur ch and those c ommunities w er e, in a theologic al domain, mor e of t erminologic al than of essen- tial na tur e and tha t their separ a tion w as r a ther a r esult of his t oric al cir cums t ances. These w ork s w er e, a t tha t time, the mos t c omple t e s tudies on Monoph y sit e and Nes t orian c ommunities in Serbian Chur ch his t oriogr aph y (K ašić 1961, 30–31). The pap er s of Tit o v , published in Serbian chur ch journals, c an be divided in t o tw o gr oup s. The pape r s de dic a t e d t o the r e ce n t Russian Chur ch his t or y be long t o the fir s t gr oup. Tit ov especially w an t ed t o in f orm the Serbian public about the c auses of the suff ering of the Russian Orthodo x Chur ch in Sovie t Russia, so he publishe d pape r s on Russian Chur ch His t or y of the S y nodal pe riod. He also wr ot e on the suff eri ng of the P a tri ar ch of Mosc o w Ti hon Bel a vi n. T o the sec ond gr oup of his paper s belong ed the t e x ts dedic a t ed t o the idea of Svetosavlje . The idea of Svetosavlje w as f ormed in Serbian in t ellectual cir cles in the thir d dec ade of the 20 th cen tur y . Among its pr oponen ts w er e St. Bishop Nik olaj V elimir o vić and V ene- r able Jus tin P op o vić. Svetosavlje mean t a specific philosoph y of lif e based on the t eaching of Chris t, supplemen t ed b y Serbian his t oric al e xperience, and it r epr e - sen t ed a specific Serbian ans w er t o the ideas of Eur opean nihilism and humanism. On the other hand, the idea of Svetosavlje had the pot en tial t o s tr eng then the unity of the Serbian people in the multina tional King dom of Y ug osla via and t o mak e them mor e r esis t an t t o upc oming ma t erialis tic and a theis tic ideas (Šijak o vić 2019, 174–182). Tit o v w as one of the r ar e f or eigner s who g ot in v olv ed in the sha - ping of this idea. The specificity of his vie w on Svetosavlje w as r e flect ed in his s tr essing its P an-Sla vic, P an-Orthodo x, and e v en P an-Chris tian import ance. He especially insis t ed on the P an-Sla vic signific ance of St. Sa v a, and he c onnect ed the idea of Svetosavlje with Sla v ophilia. On the other hand, he c alled upon the Ca tholic Chur ch in the King dom of Y u- g osla via t o join in the celebr a tion of St. Sa v a in 1935, a jubile e y ear , which c om- memor a t ed se v en hundr ed y ear s since his blessed r epose. He s tr essed the f act tha t, during the 17 th and 18 th cen tur y , Ca tholic writ er s Iv an T omk o Mrnja vić and Andrija K ačić Miošić had writt en a hagiogr aph y and a pr aise t o St. Sa v a. He c on - sider ed St. Sa v a a friend of Ca tholics, not their opponen t (Tit o v 1935, 260–265). The Russian P r of e ssor s of the F aculty of Or thodo x The olog y in Be lg r ade made their scien tific c on tribution in numer able r e vie w s of the r ele v an t scien tific paper s fr om all Chris t endom as w ell. Dobr oklonsky and Tit o v wr ot e sur v e y s and r e vie w s of the paper s of Russian, Serbian, and Gr eek author s, but also of the paper s of W es t ern – Ca tholic and Pr ot es t an t author s. The majority of the men tioned sur - v e y s w as published in the F aculty journal Theology (Serb. Богословље), so the Serbian theologic al ac ademic cir cles w er e giv en an opportunity t o g e t r e f er en t c ommen t aries on the la t es t theologic al w ork s fr om their c oun try and abr oad, writt en b y the leading Chur ch His t or y e xperts. 86 Bogoslovni vestnik 82 (2022) • 1 4. The Scientific Contribution of the Serbian Professors of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade to the Study of Church History In the period be tw een the tw o W ar s, the Serbian Pr of essor s of Chur ch His t or y a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theolo gy in Belgr ade w er e scien tific ally shaped in diff er - en t educ a tional ce n tr es. St e v an Dimitrije vić, the fir s t Pr of essor of Chur ch His t or y , w as a Russian s tuden t, while his successor Radosla v Grujić r eceiv ed his educ a- tion in the Hab sbur g Monar ch y . The thir d pr of essor in the Departmen t of the Ser - bian Chur ch His t or y – Đok o Slijepče vić w as Dimitrije vić’ s s tuden t who achie v ed his mos t import an t scien tific r esults in immigr a tion, a ft er the Sec ond W orld W ar . Dr agu tin An as t asi j e vi ć, th e Pr o f esso r o f B y z an tin e Cu l tu r al Hi s t o r y , as w el l as F i - lar e t Gr anić, w er e w es t ern s tuden ts, who w er e educ a t ed in Munich, while Irinej Đorđe vić, who t augh t the His t or y of W es t ern Chris tianity , w as fir s t educ a t ed in O xf or d, and la t er in A thens. T h e sci en tifi c l eg acy o f th o se p r o f esso r s i s ri ch an d cru ci al f o r th e fu rth er d e- v elopmen t of Serbian Chur ch his t oriogr aph y . Dimitrije vić and Grujić w er e r eg ar ded as leadi ng Serbian chur ch his t orians in the period be tw een the tw o W orld W ar s. D i mi tri j e vi ć w as a p i o n eer i n th e s y s t ema ti c s tu d y o f th e h i s t o r y o f S erb i an - Ru s- sian Chur ch r ela tions. His Candida t e Dissert a tion titled „ The T r a v els of Serbian Hier ar chs and Other Spiritual P er sons t o Russia fr om the 15th t o the 18th cen tu- ries and the Consequences of These T r a vels “ (Rus. „Путешествия сербских иерархов и других духовных лиц в Россию в течение XV–XVIII веков и после д ствия э тих пут ешествий“) w as writt en a t the Kie v Theologic al Ac adem y in 1898 and e v alua t ed as one of the bes t Serbian Candida t e Dissert a tions in Rus- sia. In 1922 he published import an t his t oric al ma t erials unde r the title The Histo- rical Materials for Serbian History from Russian Archivers and Libraries (Serb. Грађа за српску историју из руских архива и библиотека). E v en t o this da y , this c ollection of his t oric al ma t erials r epr esen ts a base f or the s tudy of Serbian- -Russian Chur ch r ela tions. Dimitrije vić published a number of paper s dedic a t ed t o St. Sa v a, the fir s t Ar chbishop of the Aut ocephalous Serbin Chur ch. During the 20s, with the help of numer ous pries ts and t eache r s, Dimitrije vić s t art ed an en- dea v our of c olle cting f olk leg ends on St. Sa v a, thr oughout the King dom of Serb s, Cr oa ts, and Slo v e ne s. He pr e se n t e d the r e sults in a ser ie s of pape r s in which he g a v e a t opogr aph y of f olk leg ends on St. Sa v a, and analy sed the major f olk cus t oms c oncerning the f es t of this Sain t. He also published a number of paper s dealing with the his t or y of the cult of St. Sa v a, including r esear ch on St. Sa v a’ s cult among the South Sla v Ca tholics (Dimitr ije v ić 1926, 821–830). Dimitr ije v ić also e xplor e d the ar chiv al ma t erial in the Serbian Hilandar Monas t er y on Moun t A thos. In 1922, in the edition of the Serbian R o y al Ac adem y , he published a gr oup of documen ts fr om tha t mona s t er y (1922, 20–31). He also g a ther ed se v er al hundr eds of old in - scrip tions and r ec or ds in Hilandar and c on tribut ed them t o the ac ademician Lju - bomir St ojano vić f or his f amous an thology Old Serbian Inscriptions and Records (Serb. Стари српски записи и натписи). He wr ot e numer ous paper s on diff er en t 87 87 Vladislav Puzović - The Study of Church History... per sons in Serbian Chur ch His t or y . Leading Serbian his t orians, such as N ićif or Du- čić, J o v an Radonić, Mit a K os tić , Đ ok o Slije pče v ić e t c. w r ot e positiv e r e v ie w s of his paper s. In the Ar chiv e of the Serbian Ac adem y of Science and Arts in Belgr ade, his lectur es on the His t or y of the Serbian Orthodo x Chur ch t augh t a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology , ar e k ep t. These lectur es c o v er the whole of Serbian Chur ch His t or y , fr om the se ttling of South Sla v s in the Balk ans t o the beginning of the 20th cen tur y . The lectur es ar e pr ese r v ed in manuscrip t f orm and ha v e not been publi - shed t o this da y (Puz o vić 2021, 97). Radosla v Grujić, Dimitrije vić’ s successor a t the Departmen t of the His t or y of the Serbian Orthodo x Chur ch, is among the mos t import an t Serbian scien tis ts of th e fi r s t h al f o f th e 20 th cen tu r y . He l e ft b eh i n d a b i b l i o gr ap h y o f mo r e th an 250 scien tific paper s. The se paper s c o v er the whole of Se rbian Chur ch His t or y , fr om the Medie v al period t o the beginning of the 20 th cen tur y . Grujić w as r eg ar ded as a specialis t in the his t or y of the Me tr opolit ana t e of K arlo v ci. In a series of his pa- per s dedic a t ed t o this Serbian Me tr opolit ana t e in the Habsbur g Monar ch y , a paper titled „ The Pr oblems of the His t ory of the Metr opolit ana t e of K arlov ci“ (Serb. „Проб ле ми ист орије К ар ловачк е митропо лије “) s t ands out. It w as published in 1929, in the Herald of the Historical Society of Novi Sad (Serb. Гласник Историског друштва у Новом Саду). The k e y issues of the his t or y of the Me tr opolit ana t e of K arlo v ci w er e analy sed in de t ail, and the in f er ences made in it ar e t o this da y r e - g ar d ed as sci en tifi c al l y r el e v an t. Hi s semi n al w o rk s ar e th e s tu d y o f th e sp i ri tu al lif e of the Serb s in V ojv odina, and a number of monogr aphs on Serbian dioceses and monas t eries. He wr ot e the scien tific paper s c oncerning Serbian Mediev al Chur ch His t or y . Geogr aphic ally looking , these paper s ar e mos tly dealing with the ar ea of Macedonia, and the y w er e writt en in the period a ft er the Fir s t W orld W ar , i.e. the time he had w ork ed in Sk opje, a t the loc al F aculty of Philosoph y . His Ortho- dox Serbian Church (Serb. Православна Српска Црква), which appear ed in 1920, w as used as a t e x tbook f or the s tuden ts of the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology f or a long time. A special unit in Grujić’ s w ork s r epr esen ts en tries he wr ot e f or Nati- onal Encyclopedia of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Serb. Народнa енциклопедијa српско-хрватско-словеначкa), edit ed b y a his t orian St anoje St anoje vić, during the 20s. Grujić wr ot e o v er 500 en tries r ela t ed t o Serbian Chur ch His t or y . These en tries w er e published in 1993, as ABC of the Serbian Orthodox Church according to Radoslav Grujić (Serb. Азбучник Српске Православне Цркве по Радославу Грујићу). Gru ji ć w as o n e o f th e gr ea t es t e xp erts o n ar ch i v al ma t eri al o n S erb i an his t or y in the ar chiv es of Vienn a, Sr emski K arlo v ci and Dubr o vnik. Me thodologi - c ally , he w as a f ollow er of Ilarion Ruv ar ac and his critic al dir ection in his t oriogr aphi- c al r esear ches (K ašić 1980 47–48; Mileusnić 1993, 335–344). The thir d Pr of essor of Serbian Chur ch His t or y in the period be tw een the tw o W ar s w as Đok o Slijepče vić. He w as the fir s t Doct or of Theology a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology . In 1936 he de f ended his Doct or al Dissert a tion dedic a t ed t o St e f an Str a timir o vić, the Me tr opolit an of K arlo v ci. Ov er the c our se of se v er al y ear s of his w ork a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology , be f or e the beginning of the Se- c ond W orld W ar , he published not ed paper s on P ajsije Janje v ac, the P a triar ch of 88 Bogoslovni vestnik 82 (2022) • 1 Serb s, on the abolishmen t of the P a triar cha t e of P eć, as w ell as on the his t or y of the Diocese of Hum and Herz eg o vina fr om 1219 t o the 19 th cen tur y (Andrijaše vić 2018, 69). He achie v ed the mos t import an t scien tific r esults a ft er the Sec ond W or - ld W ar , as an immigr an t in Germ an y . Slijepče vić is the author of the mos t enc om- passing Serbian Chur ch His t ory . His w ork The History of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Serb. Историја Српске Православне Цркве), in thr ee v olumes, w as writ - t e n fr om the 6 0 s t o the 8 0 s of the 2 0 th c e n tur y . In it, he r e pr e se n t e d the c om ple - t e sur v e y of the Serbian Orthodo x Chur ch His t or y fr om the time of St. Sa v a, and e v en be f or e him, t o the middle of the 20th cen tury . Although he did not ha v e access t o the ar chiv es and libr aries in Y ug osla via, Slijepče vić wr ot e a r espect able scien tific w ork which is c onsider ed indispensable in an y serious r esear ch of the Serbian Chur ch pas t. The pr of essor s Dr agutin Anas t asije vić, Irinej Đorđe vić and Filar e t Gr anić le ft behind rich bibliogr aphies. Anas t asije vić and Gr anić w er e e xperts on B y z an tine his t or y , while Irinej Đorđe vić w as an e xpert on the his t or y of Pr ot es t an tism in the 16th cen tur y , especially on the his t or y of the Anglic an Chur ch. Anas t asije vić and Gr anić w er e the s tuden ts of a f amous German B y z an t ologis t K arl K r aumbaher , under whose men t or ship the y had g ot their Doct or al Degr ee a t the beginning of the 20 th cen tur y (Je v tić 1980, 9; 27). Irinej Đorđe vić had fir s t gr adua t ed fr om O x - f or d w it h t he G r a dua t e The sis tit le d „R e lig ious Con t r o v e r sie s of t he X VI Ce n t ur y “ . La t er , in A thens, he de f ended his Doct or al Dissert a tion titled „ The In fluence of Luther ans on the Anglic an R e f orma tion in the 16th Cen tur y “ (Subotić 2003, 9). Of the thr ee abo v e-men tioned pr of essor s, it w as Anas t asije vić who t augh t a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology f or the long es t period of time. A v oluminous not ebook of his lectur es on the cultur al his t or y of B y z an tium has been pr eser v ed. These lectur es r epr esen t an e x cep tional s yn thesis in which the main B y z an tine cultur e curr en ts w er e described o v er the c our se of man y cen turies. Of all his r e - sear ches, those he c arried out on Moun t A thos (1906–1907, 1911–1912, 1926) ar e th e mo s t si gn i fic an t f o r th e Ch u r ch Hi s t o r y sci en ce. He p u b l i sh ed n u mer o u s B y z an tine and Serbian documen ts fr om the A thonit e monas t eries. He published about 200 en tries dedic a t ed t o B y z an tine his t ory in National Encyclopedia of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Serb. Народнa енциклопедијa српско-хрватско- словеначкa) (Mak simo vić 2004, 143–144). A his t oriogr aphic al part of the scien tific leg acy of Filar e t Gr anić is dedic a t ed mainly t o Serbian and B y z an tine Medie v al monas ticism, monas t eries and mona- stery typika. The paper s on the Hilandar and K ar y es typika of St. Sa v a s t and out. He also wr ot e about the leg al position of the Chur ch in B y z an tium and Medie v al Se r bia. He publishe d a numbe r of r e v ie w s of the r e le v an t w or k s in the fie ld of B y - z an t ology . Some of these r e vie w s w er e published in the leadi ng German B y z an- tology journal Byzantinische Zeitschrift (J e v tić 19 80, 27 ). Ir ine j Đ or đ e v ić t aug h t a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology f or only a f e w y ear s. During tha t period he pu - blished the f ollowing paper s – „Humanism as a Pr ecur sor of Anglic an R e f orma tion “ (Serb. „Х у манизам к ао пре т еч а анг лик анск е реформације “), „Z winglianism in Anglic an R e f orma tion “ (Serb. „Цвинг лијанство у анг лик анск ој реформацији“), 89 89 Vladislav Puzović - The Study of Church History... and „ Calvinism in Anglic an R e f orma tion “ (Serb. „Калвинизам у анг лик анск ој реформацији“). All thr ee paper s w er e published in the F aculty scien tific journal Theology (Serb. Богословље). Up t o tha t time, these w er e the highes t quality scien tific c on tributions t o the his t ory of the Anglic an Chur ch within Serbian Chur ch his t oriogr aph y . In the y ear s f oll o wing the Sec ond W orld W ar , Chur ch his t orians a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology w er e Ljubomir Durk o vić Jak šić and Dr ag osla v Str anjak o vić. Durk o vić Jak šić g ot his PhD a t the F aculty of Philosoph y in W ar so w with his Doc- t or al Dissert a tion titled „P e t ar II P e tr o vić Njeg oš “ , while Str anjak o vić de f ended his Doct or al Dissert a tion under the title „ The Go v ernmen t of the Cons titution R egime 1842–1853“ (Serb. „Влада у ставобранит е ља 1842–1853“), a t the F aculty of Phi - losoph y in Belgr ade. Both of them dealt with Serbian politic al, cultur al and Chur ch his t or y of the 19th cen tur y , and the y both based their scien tific paper s on the unpublished ar chiv al ma t erial fr om Y ug osla v and f or eign ar chiv es. While Durk o vić Jak šić w as an e xpert on P olish ar chiv es, Str anjak o vić w as a specialis t f or ar chiv es in Fr ance. Durk o vić Jak šić w as an e xpert on the his t or y of Serbian-P olish r ela tions as w ell. Another field of his scien tific in t er es t c oncerned the his t or y of the Serbi - an Chur ch in Mon t enegr o , especially Bishop P e t ar II P e tr o vić Njeg oš. The gr ea t es t number of Str anjak o vić’ s scien tific paper s dealt with politic al his t or y , which is not s tr ang e bec ause he fir s t t augh t Na tional His t or y a t the F aculty of Philosoph y in Belgr ade. As r eg ar ds Chur ch His t or y , he wr ot e the biogr aphies of a number of f a- mous Chur ch dignit aries of the 19th cen tur y Serbia, and published them mos tly in the official journal of the Serbian Chur ch – Herald of SOC (Serb. Glasnik SPC ) (Mladeno vić 1997, 277–282; Ljušić 1997, 660). In the period fr om 1959 t o 1988, the His t or y of the Serbian Orthodo x Chur ch a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology w as t augh t b y Dušan K ašić. K ašić w as a s tuden t of Radosla v Grujić under whose men t or ship he wr ot e his Doct or al Dissert a tion ti- tled „ The Diocese of Lepa vina-Sev erin “ (Serb. „ Лепавинск о-северинск а епар хија“) (1954). The theme of the Dissert a tion pa v ed the w a y f or K ašić’ s further scien tific w ork. He w as an e xpert on the his t or y of the Serbian Chur ch in Cr oa tia and Sla v o- nia. His monogr aphs Serbs and Orthodoxy in Slavonia and Northern Croatia (Serb. Срби и православље у Славонији и сјеверној Хрватској), published in Belgr ade in 1967, Serbian Monasteries in Croatia and Slavonia (Serb. Српски манастири у Хрватској и Славонији), published the same y ear in Belgr ade, as w ell as Serbian Settlements and Churches in Northern Croatia and Slavonia (Serb. Српска насеља и цркве у сјеверној Хрватској и Славонији), published in Z agr eb in 1988, t es tif y t o this. He wr ot e a Chur ch His t or y t e x tbook, which w as published in Be lgr ade in 1967 and used in Serbian seminaries f or dec ades. K ašić’ s scien tific paper s, dedic a - t ed t o v arious e v en ts and per sons in Serbian Chur ch His t or y , w er e published in all import an t jubilee c ollections of articles, b y the Serbian Orthodo x Chur ch fr om the 50s t o the 80s. His bibliogr aph y c onsis ts of mor e than 200 titles, and he published his paper s both in chur ch and la y scien tific journals. He f ollo w ed the me thodolo- g ic a l pr inc iple s of his t e a c he r R adosla v G r ujić , basing his sc ie n tific a r tic le s in t he critic al analy sis of unpublished ar chiv al ma t erial (Mileusnić 1996, 377–380). 90 Bogoslovni vestnik 82 (2022) • 1 B y the end of the 20 th cen tur y , Chur ch His t or y c our ses a t the F aculty of Ortho- do x Theology w er e t augh t by Pr edr ag Puz ović and Radomir P opović. Besides them, Bishop A t anasije Je v tić also t augh t a t the F aculty f or a short period of time. Pri- marily , Bishop A t anasije w as not a chur ch his t orian, but he le ft behind se v er al v aluable paper s on Chur ch His t or y . He f ocused on the Serbian Chur ch His t or y of the 20 th cen tur y , especially on the suff ering of the Serbian people during the Se- c ond W orld W ar . His paper s „ The De v elopmen t of Theology in Serb s “ (Serb. Развој бог ослов ља к о д Срба“), published in Belgr ade in 1990, and „ The Theology of Sain t Sa v a “ (Serb. „Бог ослов ље Свет ог Саве “), published in V rnjačk a Banja in 1991, has had c onsider able scien tific import ance bec ause the y r epr esen t pioneer undert akings when it c omes t o s y s t ema tic r epr esen t a tion and analy sis of the hi - s t oric al curr en ts of Serbian theologic al though t since the time of St. Sa v a (V asilje- vić, Mark ović 2004, 303–307). Pr of essor s Puz ović and P opović de f ended their Doct or al Dissert a tions a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Theology in Belgr ade. Puz o vić wr ot e his Dissert a tion under the title „P a vle Nenado vić, the Me tr opolit an of K ar - lo v ci and His Time “ (Serb. „К ар ловачки митропо лит Пав ле Ненад овић и њег ово д оба) (1990) (APBF , Dosije P . P .), while P opo vić’ s Dissert a tion w as titled „ Chris ti- anity in Our Lands up t o the Sla vic Se ttlemen t “ (Serb. Хришћанство на наше м т лу д о д ос е ље њ а Слове н а“) (1 9 8 9 ) (A P BF , Dosije R .P .). P uz o v ić t aug h t the His t o- r y of t he Se r bia n Or t hodo x Chur c h, w hile P opo v ić t a ug h t G e ne r a l Chur c h His t or y . P uz o v ić is an e xpe r t on r e ce n t Se r bian Chur ch His t or y . His mos t impor t an t w or k is a f our - v olume Contributions to the History of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Serb. Прилози за историју Српске Православне Цркве). In the Contributions w e c an find scien tific paper s dealing with all the periods of the Serbian Chur ch His t or y . Puz o vić is a f ollo w er of Serbian Chur ch his t oriogr aphic tr adition r epr esen t ed b y his men t or Dušan K ašić, and Radosla v Grujić, be f or e him. P opović published a Serbian tr ansla tion of select ed documen ts of the se v en E cumenic al Councils in his w ork The Ecumenical Councils – Selected Documents I (Serb. Васељенски сабори – одабрана документа, I) , Bel gr ad e 2012, an d The Ecumenical Councils – Selected Documents II (Serb. Васељенски сабори – одабрана документа, II), Belgr ade 2011, thus making a signific an t c on tribution t o the r esear ch of this su- bject in Serbian theologic al cir cles. He wr ot e a t e x tbook f or the his t or y of Loc al Orthod o x Chu r ch es, u nd er th e titl e Orthodoxy at the Crossroads of Centuries. Lo- cal Orthodox Churches (Serb. Православље на раскршћу векова. Помесне православне Цркве ), publishe d in Belgr ade in 1999. He also published a c ollec - tion of sour ces f or the His t or y of Chris tian Chur ch, under the title Church History Sources (Serb. Извори за црквену историју ), in Belgr ade in 2001. He tr ansla t ed in t o Serbian some import an t w ork s of ancien t Chris tian writ er s c oncerning Chur ch His t or y . P opo vić has also published a Glossary of Church History (Serb. Појмовник црквене историје), in Belgr ade, in 2000, wher e he, among other things, c o v er ed a number of issues r ela t ed t o the his t or y of the Ca tholic Chur ch. The bibliogr aph y of Puz o vić and P opo vić t og e ther c onsis ts of about 500 titles, r epr esen ting a v alu - able leg acy of c on t empor ar y Serbian Chur ch his t oriogr aph y . 91 91 Vladislav Puzović - The Study of Church History... 5. Conclusion During the 20 th cen tury the s tudy of Chur ch His t ory a t the F aculty of Orthodo x The- ology in Belgr ade w as dominan tly de v eloped under the in flu ence of tw o Chur ch Hi s t or y sch o ol s: Ru ssi an an d K arl o v ci sch o ol . Th e Ru ssi an Ch u r ch Hi s t or y sch o ol w as r epr esen t ed b y Russian immigr an t pr of essor s, and Serbian pr of essor s educ a t - ed in Russia, while the school of K arlo v ci w as r epr esen t ed b y the pr of essor s who w er e educ a t ed in the ar ea of the f ormer Me tr opolit ana t e of K arlo v ci. Pr of essor s Dobr oklonsky , Tit o v , Fr adinsky , and Dimitrije vić belong t o the fir s t gr oup, while the m ain r e pr e se n t a tiv e of the se c ond g r oup is P r of e ssor G r ujić . Slije pč e v ić , the s tuden t of Dimitrije vić, c an be added t o the fir s t gr oup, while K ašić, Puz o vić and P opo vić, the successor s of Pr of essor Grujić’ s w ork, c an be added t o the sec ond gr oup. Besides them, ther e is a gr oup of pr of essor s who g ain ed their kno wledg e in the univ e r sity c e n tr e s of the W e s t, suc h as A nas t asije v ić , G r anić , and Đ or đ e v ić . The scien tific leg acy of the a f or emen tioned pr of essor s c onsis ts of se v er al thou - sand bibliogr aphic units. It is dominan tly dedic a t ed t o the Serbian Chur ch pas t, while a part of this leg acy is dedic a t ed t o g ener al Chris tian Chur ch His t or y . Serbian Chur ch pas t has been r epr esen t ed in a series of monogr aphs, t e x tbook s, scien tific articles, and published ar chiv al ma t erial. Chr onologic ally the en tir e Serbian Chur ch His t or y has be e n c o v e r e d, fr om the time of Sain t Sa v a, or e v e n be f or e him, t o the c on t empor ar y times. In t erms of c on t en t, scien tific paper s on all the k e y t opics of Serbian Chur ch His t or y ha v e been writt en. The articles ha v e been writt en on the k e y e v en ts, per sons, theologic al schools, monas t eries, on the de v elopmen t of Serbian theology and w or ship, on the r ela tions with the other Orthodo x Chur ches, but also on the r ela tions with the Ca tholic Chur ch, and Pr ot e s t an t c ommunities. The fir s t t o c o v er the themes r ela t ed t o g ener al Chris tian His t or y a t the F aculty of Orthodo x Th eology w er e the Russian pr of essor s. The scien tific paper s on B y z- an tine Chur ch His t or y , as w ell as on the his t or y of Monoph y sit e and Nes t orian c ommunities w er e writt en. In a la t er phase, the signific an t ma t erial r ela t ed t o the se v en E cumenic al Councils w as published, and Serbian tr ansla tions of the sour ces import an t f or the his t or y of the early Chur ch appear ed. As f ar as W es t ern Chri - s tianity is c oncerned, only a lesser part of the scien tific leg acy of Serbian Chur ch His t or y pr of essor s is dedic a t ed t o this subject. The paper s on the his t or y of the Anglic an Chur ch ar e dominan t, while those dedic a t ed t o the themes c oncerning the his t or y of the Ca tholic Chur ch and Pr ot es t an t c ommunities ar e not numer ous. 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