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История написания книги "Католическое богопознание и марксистское безбожие" Ю.Н. Данзас (роль Святого Престола)
The article studies the life and work of Yulia Danzas, an outstanding woman of the Silver Age of Russian culture and Russian emigration, a writer and religious philosopher. The aim of the work is to make public unique archival materials that focus on the relationship between Danzas and the Holy See, as well as to substantiate the value of her legacy for the study of the history of Russian religious thought and emigration. The main attention is paid to the history of the writing of the book "Catholic Knowledge of God and Marxist Atheism" (1941), prepared by order and with the financial support of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches. The book was conceived as a kind of response to the official antireligious propaganda of the Soviet state and as a way to strengthen the position of Catholicism among the Russian-speaking audience. The article examines the circumstances of the creation of the monograph and its main ideas. The article is based on an analysis of the latest research literature and previously unpublished archival materials from the period of Pius XII’s pontificate from the funds of the Historical Archives of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (ACCO). The article reconstructs the international context of the Holy See’s activities within the framework of its anti-communist policy. The author of the article argues that Danzas’s initiative to write the book is a unique example of the Vatican’s use of soft power. In addition, the article describes the contacts between the Holy See and the Russian emigration, which created the conditions for the development of a special cultural phenomenon of the 20th century, representing a synthesis of Russian tradition and Catholicism. The article contains new archival materials: a draft of the original table of contents for the book “Catholic Knowledge of God and Marxist Atheism” with the author’s explanations and Danzas’s letter of May 30, 1941, addressed to Pope Pius XII.