Образ Святополка в «Сказании о Борисе и Глебе»: предопределение или свобода выбора?
... противостоящей воле Бога и приводящей героя к «пленению» дьяволом.
The hagiographical image of Svyatopolk is analysed as one determined by Christian anthropology. The author asserts that Svyatopolk performs an evil deed neither due to predestination, nor under the influence of fatal circumstances, but of his own free will. Svyatopolk embodies the model of a person of string will, which is opposed to the will of God and leads the character to captivity of the devil....
