Moscow Old Faith knigopisnyy center up to the beginning 1680- X yr. was largest in Russia. This center acted with the advent of Old Faith motion to the end THE XVII century the main complexity of writer work in the Moscow center - constant threat of arrest, for all persons, connected with the Old Faith opposition. However, the numerous clerks worked in the conditions of a strict conspiracy and bibliophiles was situated in the sediment of the battle of ideas of two religious- cultural directions. This superimposed special imprint on their creation, giving to compositions polemical incandescence, urgency and actuality.
One of the early works, which played important role in the formation of Old Faith dogmatics, is chelobitnaya of Chudov monk Savati to tsar Aleksey Mikhaylovich (between 1661 and 1665 yr.) Savati little by little, letter after the letter notes all corrections the old books, from time to time giving place and dogmatic mating calls. Chelobitnaya won acceptance in the manuscript copies immediately after creation.
The important Old Faith composition, in which with the greatest completeness were assembled and examined the results of patriarch Nikon's reform, is chelobitnaya of the priest of suzdal'skoy Christmas -Bogorodiqko1 of the church Of nikity Dobrynin (Pustosvyat). In spite of its incompletness by the author, this composition was also widely extended in the lists. Chelobitnaya contained the detailed and reasoned account of Old Faith ideology, moreover such bright that the authorities made the decision to compose to it special "refutation".
As the one additional most important dogmatics- polemical composition of the first years of the Old Faith motion it can be considered "roll" of the priest of Lazaruses, subject to tsar in 1666 the preserved in the original work consists of 4 parts: "painting to briefly novvodnym church discords...", "painting briefly, in what the new books to the old they are not similar and do not converge", "about the disagreement of with itself new books themselves and unjust in them dogmatekh and khulnykh words", "note about the beschinnom use of the cross of Christ's". Although Lazarus did not intend the work of wide audience, it (as chelobitnaya N. Dobrynin) it was partially published already in THE XVII century (in Simeon polotskiy's book "baton of administration") and were radiated, let in the incomplete form by print run into 1200 copies, after becoming, thus, known in Russia.
One of the main things it is working, that composed the basis of Old Faith ideology appears the "book" of outstanding philosopher and theologian Spiridon Potemkin (mind in 1664 ). In this extensive theoretical work, created at the end the 1650- beginning 1660- X yr., are contained critical selection patriarch Nikon's reforms. Reform is examined from the point of view of apocalyptical predictions about "step by step" zavoyevyvanii of peace by antichrist. In the composition it is discussed also the Moscow state as the last stronghold of orthodoxy. Each "correction" of church rites and services, any, even insignificant change in the test of the bogosluzhebnykh books in the opinion Of s.Potemkina were by component in the chain "indicative" anti-Christ's arrival.
The fruitful author, who composed a number of Old Faith collectors, was the eminent figure of Moscow center monk Avraamiy. In the number of his most known works the composition "question and answer" 1670 g.) and chelobitnaya to Aleksey Mikhaylovich (1671 ), dedicated to "rotting" with the "nikonianskimi" bishops. Comprised Avraamiyem the collector "khristianoopasnyy panel of faith" concerns the church history of Russian state. Other the collections, by editor-compiler and the author of various articles of which he was Avraamiy, also have characteristic names "lecture accurate lyudem", "rotting", "word about the righteous men" , etc.
On the calculations N. And. Bubnov in 1664-1682 Moscow old believers created more than 20 new works, designed in the form of the books for the mass propagation in the people. In the Moscow center began the "circulation" of these and other compositions, directed against the reforms of Nikon. The activity of the bibliophiles of center became push for the beginning of the literary work of old believers in other regions.