 He believed that this might come about through closer relations between Slav Catholicism and the Russian Orthodox Church, and supported the idea that all Slavs had a common language and ethnic origin.However, he was not a pan-Slav if this meant seeking the political unity of all Slav people under Russian leadership.He considered that the only possible role for the Tsar to 'correct' or unify the ortography and script used in Slav-language books and awaken Slav consciousness was through works conducive to education and logic.