Bakhanov A. Religious and philosophical views of archbishop Innocent (Borysov).

In the dissertation for the first time in the native research thought on the base of detail complex analysis of scientific, teaching, preaching, ecclesiastical and administrative activity, represented in his theological lecture courses and works, epistolary heritage and official documents, essence and peculiarities of religious and philosophical views of Innocent (Borysov) have been determined. The author has defined the main stages of the development of research thought as for religious and philosophical views of archbishop Innocent and specific of their representation on every of them. The periodization of becoming of thinker's views has been grounded; the essence and peculiarities of every period have been defined; factors of influence on the becoming of the system of archbishop's ideas and convictions have been opened. There have been characterized gnoseological and an anthropological view of Innocent, also the author has appraised specific of using by him historical and comparative methods in investigation of Christological questions. Combination of archbishop's homiletical ideas and convictions has been defined; essence of Innocent's reform views on organization of teaching of theological subjects has been opened