Epifanije Stefanović
Epifanije Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Епифаније Стефановић) was the alleged Serbian Orthodox Archbishop of Dalmatia, who in 1648 entered communion with the Catholic Church, mentioned only by Venetian ecclesiastical historian Daniele Farlati (1690–1773). According to research of Serbian Orthodox bishop Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915), the entry was proved to be a hoax.
Life
[edit]According to Daniele Farlati (1690–1773), during the Cretan War (1645–69), in November 1648, Archbishop Stefanović and two of his bishops, Vasilije and Isaija, and 80 (or 800) monks entered communion with the Catholic Church, thanks to a Franciscan.[1] This has been refuted by the research of Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915), as, firstly, history knows of no such archbishop, and secondly, the Orthodox community at that time strongly resisted Catholic propaganda, supporting the Serbian Patriarch Maksim I through the emissary monk Kiril.[2]
According to Mile Bogović, the current Catholic bishop of Gospić-Senj, after the subsequent death of Stefanović, the monks turned against the Catholic Church, thus the Uniatism of these Dalmatian Serbs failed.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nikodim Milaš (1989). Pravoslavna Dalmacija: istorijski pregled. Sfairos. p. 223. ISBN 9788681277263.
Фарлати наводи како је заслугом једнога францишканца обраћен био у латинску вјеру у новембру 1648. год. далматински архијепископ Епифаније Стефановић и још два подручна му епископа, Василије и Исаија, затијем 80 (или ...
- ^ Jevsevije Popović (1912). Od 1054 do 1912. Srpska manastirska štamparija. p. 622.
Фарлати пише, да је 1648. далматински архиепископ Епифаније Стефановић са два епископа и са масом народа и свештенства примио римокатолицизам (ad Romanam Ecclesiam accessio facta est). Та је вест међутим на основу истраживања епископа Никодима Милаша неистинита, прво зато, што историја не зна за таквог архиепископа, а друго зато, што се у то доба римокатоличкој пропаганди силно опирао православни народ, кога у том опирању подржаваше пећски патријарх Максим преко свога изасланика монаха Кирила.
- ^ Mile Bogović (1993). "Katolička crkva i pravoslavlje u Dalmaciji za vrijeme mletačke vladavine" (in Croatian). Zagreb. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
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