SPECIFICITY OF THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN UKRAINE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY MODERNITY

Subject of work. Theological education in Ukraine Purpose of work. Analysis of theological enlightenment of the 16th-17th centuries in Ukraine Method of work. Analysis, synthesis, comparative analysis, historical analysis. Results of work. The article deals with the formation of theological education in the chronological framework of the sixteenth and seventeenth century. The peculiarities of the formation and formation of higher theological institutions in the territory of modern Ukraine are analyzed. A brief comparative description of the development of Catholic, Protestant, orthodox theology on the territory of Ukrainian lands under the influence of various political aspects and situations, as well as the presence of Ukrainian lands in the warehouses of Poland is presented. The author outlines attempts by well-known Ukrainian theologians such as, for example, Petro Mohyla about the formation of an academic theological environment, in the context of the creation of a collegium and the desire to grant him the status of academy. Conclusions. Processes and tendencies of development of theological higher educational institutions in the paradigm of personalities, historical events and theological and religious transformations are updated. Scope of work. Theoretical and theoretical basis for research in the field of religious studies, history of philosophy, history of theology on the subject.