Search for ways to systematize spiritual laws in the practices of the Holy Governing Synod (1820-30s)

Abstract

The article examines the first attempts to streamline legalization in the field of church law in the processes of systematization of legislation in Russia in the 1820–30s. The place of systematization of spiritual legalizations in the legal policy and plans of M. S. Speransky to restore order in the legislative body of Russia after the publication of the Complete Collection and the Code of Laws of the Russian Empire is shown. The activities of the Holy Governing Synod, the highest state body for the affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church, are covered in streamlining church laws and attempts to create collections of laws based on the initiative private projects of Bishop Augustine and the Secretary of the Synod Chancellery Y. M. Ginovsky. An analysis of the concept, the progress of preparation and the results of consideration in 1835-1836 is also given. the main interdepartmental project of the Holy Governing Synod and the Second Branch of the Own and. And. V. office for the creation of the Collection of Laws on the Spiritual Section, which was headed by A.P. Kunitsyn.