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St Peter Mogila, tr. Lodvel, 1762

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The present version of the famous Catechism of Peter Mogila is attributed to Philip Lodvel, otherwise Lodvill, or Ludville and was originally published in 1772. Thus having the merit of being the first authoritative work in English on the doctrines and practices of the Orthodox Church. Philip Lodvel, who appears to have been born in Oxfordshire, was a convert to Orthodoxy, and a worshipper and communicant in the Russian Church in London, where he also received the Prayer-oil. He died on the 14th of March, 1767, and was buried in Stratford-le-Bow Churchyard on the 22nd of the same month. A daughter of his, also an Orthodox, married Peter Paradise, British Consul at Salonica; whose son John Paradise, D.C.L. of Oxford, was the friend and correspondent of Dr. Johnson.

J. N. W. B. ROBERTSON.

THE ORTHODOX CONFESSION OF THE CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC EASTERN CHURCH.

“Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them. “Take heed unto thyself, and unto thy Doctrine; continue in them: For in so doing thou shalt save thyself.” — 1 Tim. iv. 15 and 16.