tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317471.post8434938918883417108..comments2024-03-11T19:13:57.423+00:00Comments on Catholic Conclave: The Conversion of Russia, under St Vladimir the Great, whose Feast falls tomorrowCatholic Conclavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06227218883606585321noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317471.post-72827653978722617172012-07-15T12:51:09.289+01:002012-07-15T12:51:09.289+01:00Please be informed that the above-quoted legend ab...Please be informed that the above-quoted legend about St. Vladimir receiving ambassadors from different countries and faiths, and rejecting them all (including the "Germans", i. e. Western Catholics) but embracing the Greek faith, is nothing but a much later and inauthentic addition to the Primary Chronicle. Whatever were the difficulties between the Romans and the Greeks in the 9th Oleg-Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794877449768663903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317471.post-78706275280739067042012-07-15T00:55:02.702+01:002012-07-15T00:55:02.702+01:00The story cited above is a later one. It was writt...The story cited above is a later one. It was written in XII or even XIII century though pretends to be a chronicle of the times of Saint Vladimir. So it showes German faith as not Greek one. But Saint Vladimir had very good relations with his Latin-rite neighbors: Germans, Poles and others. In fact Russia was separated from the Holy See only since XII-XIII centuries, i.e. after the Mongolian Rosenblumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082149111234739970noreply@blogger.com