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The Medieval Church · c. 1270–1275
The Sermons
Serapion of Vladimir · d. 1275
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What it is
Five sermons preached after the Mongol devastation, reading the catastrophe as judgement and denouncing the burning of accused witches as pagan cruelty.
Why it lasted
The most powerful Rus preaching of the Mongol period, and a rare medieval voice condemning trial by ordeal and witch-burning outright.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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