47. 1419 г. Симеона, архиепископа новгородского, поучение Псковичам о неприкосновенности церковных владений и пошлин

It is usually placed in the lists of the so-called Nikon Chronicle under the year 6927 (1419); so – in the printed edition (Part V, p. 72). Here it is published according to the list of the same chronicle from the collection of Prince Obolensky, verified with Rumyantsevsky (No. 255) and the Academy of Sciences (XIV, No. 8). The teaching of Simeon, the ruler of Novgorod, to the Pokovichs Noble and Christ-loving honest men, Pskovites! We know for ourselves that as soon as someone gives honor to his saint, that honor comes to Christ himself, and from him those who do such things receive reward a hundredfold and inherit eternal life. And you, sons, give honor to your saint and to your spiritual fathers, the mentors of your salvation, with all submission and love, not torturing anything about 1968 them, nor 1969 contrary to the words of 1970 your mentors, but look at yourselves, and reproach yourselves, and 1971 seek with illness your own salvation, and do not admire strangers, and do not rejoice in the troubles and misfortunes of your brethren. your own, and do not philosophize about yourself, and do not be proud, but humbly obey your spiritual fathers, as Orthodox Christians living 1972 under the law of God, and do not offend the Church of God, since the Church of God is not offended 1973 by anyone or anything. And you, children, do not interfere with anything in the church: from the very beginning the bishopric was burdened with the former 1974 brethren of our Novgorod bishops, but according to the correct testament, in the house of God of St. Sophia: do not interfere in the lands, in the waters, in the courts, in the press and in all church duties; If someone joins the Church, and you give up, [with] your soul, not expecting guilt on this blessed 1975, according to the rules of the holy Apostles and Holy Fathers. It is fitting for everyone to fear the wrath of God, and to call upon His mercy, and to cry over one’s sins, and not to take away anything that is not one’s own. brothers in Rum; in other sp. brethren. In the original theological; corrected according to Acad.; Room. blessed ones. You might be interested in: