(Refining Some Biblical and Liturgical Terms as an Expression of Continuity in Translation Activities of Constantine and Methodius in Great Moravia)

Abstract: Constantine (Cyril) and Methodius translated the Bible and liturgical books into Old Slavonic. Thus began the long process of refining theological terminology. According to Bishop Jozef Zlatňanský, Slovak legal and theological terminology is only gradually being formed and will need to be further refined. He himself contributed to its refinement in the Slovak translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This ever-present challenge is followed by suggestions in this study to refine terminology in those areas of theology in which the pioneering work of the brothers from Thessaloniki was done: in biblical and liturgical theology. The authors present alternatives to the hitherto used terms order, divine nature, love of God [the Father], Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and aliturgical day. The authors also add an incentive for the competent authorities to express which of the terms ‘staroslovienčina’ or ‘staroslovenčina’ (Old Slavonic) is correct or to at least slightly shift the discussion to solve this dilemma.

Authors: Krupa, Jozef – Roubalová, Marie – Králik, Roman

DOI: 10.17846/CL.2023.16.2.199-208

Publication order reference: prof. ThDr. Jozef Krupa, PhD.; Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology of Cyril and Methodius, Kapitulská 26, 814 58 Bratislava, Slovakia; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2276-6010, WOS Researcher ID: HGR-1562-2022, SCOPUS Author ID: 57946165000
ThDr. Marie Roubalová, Th.D.; Charles University in Prague, Hussite Theological Faculty, Pacovská 350/4, 140 21 Prague, Czech Republic; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1484-1524, WOS Researcher ID: FTT-2019-2022, SCOPUS Author ID: 57199327054
prof. ThDr. Roman Králik, ThD., corresponding author; The Patrice Lumumba Peoples‘ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Department of Russian Language, 117198 Moscow, Russia
The Catholic University in Ružomberok; Faculty of Theology, Theological Institute in Spisske Podhradie, 034 01 Ružomberok, Slovakia; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1929-1894, WOS Researcher ID: AAD-8311-2020, SCOPUS Author ID: 46861468800

Source: Konštatínove listy, 2023, vol.: 16, issue: 2, pages: 199-208 (PDF file)

Keywords: REFINEMENT, BIBLICAL THEOLOGY, ORDER, DIVINE NATURE, LOVE OF GOD [THE FATHER], NEW TESTAMENT, LITURGICAL THEOLOGY, PALM SUNDAY, MAUNDY THURSDAY, ALITURGICAL DAY

Language: SLOVAK

Recommended Citation:
Krupa, Jozef – Roubalová, Marie – Králik, Roman. 2023. Spresnenie niektorých biblických a liturgických výrazov ako prejav kontinuity v prekladateľskej aktivite Konštantína a Metoda na Veľkej Morave [Refining Some Biblical and Liturgical Terms as an Expression of Continuity in Translation Activities of Constantine and Methodius in Great Moravia]. In Konštantínove listy [Constantine’s Letters] 16/2, 199-208.