The opposing parties were led by two outstanding monks of that age: Joseph of Volokolamsk (Joseph Volotsky, or Joseph Sanin, the hegumen of the Volokolamsk monastery, founded by himself) and Nil of Sora (Nil Sorsky, or Nil Maykov, ...
... strongly in favour of the Lessig method per se, I think it may make for better post-talk consumption. Take a look at this presentation (utilizing the Lessig method) by Dick Hardt. [Thanks to Alexey Maykov for the link to Hardt's talk.]