Богословський прототекст і художній вимір книги Пахомія Войни-Оранського “Zwierciadło albo zaslona naprzeciw uszczypliwey Perspektywie” (1645)

In the paper polemics of the Uniate theologian Pachomius Voyna-Oranskyy with catholic Kasian Sakovich, which occurred in the 40s of XVIIth century in Rich Pospolyta has been reviewed. Purpose. The aim of the article is to research the polemics of Pachomius Voyna-Oranskyy with Kasian Sakovich in the work “Zwierciadło albo zaslona naprzeciw uszczypliwey Perspektywie”. To analyze stylistic elements, figures of speech used by the author. Methods. There have been used historical and cultural (the work of Pachomius Voyna-Oranskyy is analyzed in the context of church and social relations of that time), descriptive (the contents of the book of Uniate author have been revealed, the main questions of religious polemics have been pointed out), hermeneutics (it is described the ways of interpretation of the Bible) methods. Results. Pachomius Voyna-Oranskyy wrote the book “Zwierciadło albo zaslona naprzeciw uszczypliwey Perspektywie” as a response to the work of Kasian Sakovich “Epanorthosis abo Perspectiwa”, in which the catholic author criticizes the Uniate hierarchy for keeping to the rituals of Orthodox Church. The polemicist, denying the statements of catholic theologian, characterizes the dogmas of Kyiv Uniate Church, accentuates the ritual concordance with the practices of Catholic Church. In his work the author uses metaphors, antitheses, evaluative epithets, rhetorical modes.