“A Time to Speak”. The Printing Activity of Dositheos Notaras, Patriarch of Jerusalem († 1707)
Abstract
Renowed personality of eastern orthodoxy Abstract from the time of ‘Turcocratia’,
patriarch Dositheos Notaras of Jerusalem was a subject dealt with by an impressive
number of studies. Yet, unfortunately, his attitude towards Union of a part of
Transylvanian Romanians with Rome did not enjoy deserved attention. Trying to
supply this historiographic gap, this article proposes to place in context editorial
projects of the active and influent patriarch. Thus it will be revealed in a more clear
light the meaning of his actions – defining the ‘good’ and ‘real’ faith – and will be
perceived better the seriousness of some concepts, such as religious ‘tolerance’ or
‘intolerance’.
Keywords
Dositheos Notaras, belief system, confess Keywords ion of faith, Greek printing activity,
Orthodox polemics.