МИРОВОЗЗРЕНЧЕСКИЕ ПРИОРИТЕТЫ БУДУЩЕГО ГРЕКО-КАТОЛИЧЕСКОГО МИТРОПОЛИТА АНДРЕЯ ШЕПТИЦКОГО В НАЧАЛЬНЫЙ ПЕРИОД ЕГО ОБЩЕСТВЕННОЙ АКТИВНОСТИ

Abstract

The paper examines the information deposited in the sources and connected with the youth worldview of Count Roman Sheptytsky, later the Greek Catholic Metropolitan Andrey (1865–1944). An attempt has been made to analyze the data on this topic, going right back to the childhood of the future hierarch. The statements contained in the recollections of Roman’s mother, Zofia Szeptycka, are compared with the facts evidenced by the Sheptytskys’ family correspondence of the period under review. In addition to the direct statements of the young count and his mother relating to his worldview, attention is paid to the information that indirectly proves this, in particular, the data on Roman’s participation in various student associations. When describing the atmosphere of Breslau University of which Sheptytsky was a student, the topic of the nature of the “alien” structure is touched upon. In this regard, the foundations of the confrontation between the Catholics and the Socialists in the Grand Duchy of Poznań are outlined. In particular, a comparison was made between the Catholic and the Socialist doctrines of the society. The article explicates the nature of Sheptytsky’s participation in the activities of the Philaret brotherhood at Jagiellonian University. The significance of the public change in 1885 of the national self-identification of the future metropolitan is revealed. The conclusion is made about the Sheptytsky’s worldview priorities in the described period.