სულხან-საბა ორბელიანის „სასულიერო კრებული“: შემადგენლობა და დანიშნულება

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The Korneli Kekelidze National Manuscript Center holds manuscript A303, an autograph by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, which comes from the former Church Museum’s collection.
The first part of the manuscript, about one-third of the whole, is called ‘Christian Doctrine’ or ‘The Gate to Paradise.’ It is a question-and-answer text between a teacher and a student. Its goal is to briefly describe the main ideas of Christian faith, morality, and worship. This section’s long handwritten title, 'Christian Doctrine for First-Time Learners,' written by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, is titled 'The Gate to Paradise: A Guide to Faith in the Right and Immaculate Law,' and was given to us by the Holy Fathers. This work seems to have been well-known and widely shared from early on. Copies of it, as well as the autograph, appear in over twenty
Georgian manuscripts. This shows its wide attention and use in both public and church settings. It is also important that, despite being revised several times, the text received many direct responses from others both at the time and later. Its role in Georgian Catholic literature is also important. The manuscript, which has never been fully published, also includes other texts of different lengths and purposes. Some are clearly marked as compiled and prepared by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani himself.
This ‘Theological-Spiritual Collection’ by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, which he likely had during his Roman pilgrimage, was probably copied for his own use to help him better understand Catholic teachings and church services. The manuscript’s brief statements on Christian teaching, church practices, morals, worship rules, and prayer accurately reflect the Catholic Church’s
beliefs and practices.