The spiritual regulation of Peter the Great
By: translated and edited by Alexander V. Muller.
Contributors: Muller, Alexander V.; Feofan, Abp. of Novgorod, 1681-1736.; Russia. Sovereign (1682-1725 : Peter I)
Series: Publications on Russia and Eastern Europe of the Institute for Comparative and Foreign Area Studies ;; no. 3
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng; rus
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Ecclesiastical law -- Russia; Church and state -- Russia -- History -- 18th century -- Sources; Law -- Russia -- Sources
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-136).
Peter I's public law on the ecclesiastical administration of the Russian Church, composed by Feofan, Bishop of Pskov (later Archbishop of Novgorod), first published in St. Petersburg in 1721. Before this time the Church was, officially, self regulated. Peter eliminated the position of patriarch and placed the state in authority over the Church. Cf. T.A. Bykova and M.M. Gurevich. Opisanie izdaniĭ grazhdanskoĭ pechati, 1708-i͡a︡nvarʹ 1725 g., no. 606, p. 335-338; and The spiritual regulation of Peter the Great (ed. by A.V. Muller), p. ix-xi.
Translation of: Dukhovnyĭ reglament.