In June 2021, a textbook for students of theological schools “History and Theology of the Catholic Church” was published. Its author, Viktor Bureha, is professor at the Department of Church History and vice-rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The official review of the manual was prepared by Sergii Bortnyk, professor at the same Academy.
Significant financial and organizational support for the publication was provided by the German Foundation “Renovabis” and the Ukrainian Foundation “Academic Initiative”. At the printing stage, the project was supported by Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary, Chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
The book is a fundamental work of 576 pages, covering 65 topics and consists of four parts: “Historical path of the Roman Catholic Church”, “Doctrine of the Catholic Church”, “Current state of the Catholic Church”, “Catholicism in Ukraine”.
Below you can read some texts (all of them in Ukrainian):