Jan Morawski (born 29 December 1633 – 24 June 1700 in

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) was a

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, theological writer.

Life

He was of

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(''drobna szlachta'') descent. His parents were perhaps Marcin and Katarzyna Godlewska. Jan entered the order on 9 November 1651 and after many years of studies (among others in Rome, from 1655 to 1659) was ordained priest. Then he has been lecturing in the

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college (ethics and mathematics 1660–1661, philosophy 1661–1664) and, for many years, in

academy (positive, polemical and moral theology). In 1678 he became the rector in

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and in 1680 the prefect of studies and a professor of moral theology, again in Poznań. In 1682 he became the prefect in

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, and next year, the rector and the master of novitiate there. In 1687 he was the deputy of the province for the XIIIth General Congregation in Rome. Next year the father general

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asked him of a report on the state of the province. This time Morawski was also engaged in ecumenical debates with the orthodoxes. In 1689 he became the rector in Poznań, and in 1696 the prefect and confessor there.

Works

He is the author of numerous (about 30) theological writings, both in Latin in Polish. The most important are: *''Palaestra christianae pietatis'' (''A Sport Field of the Christian Piety'', Poznań 1669) *''Duchowna theologia abo Kościół Ducha Świętego, to jest człowiek doskonały'' (''The Spiritual Theology or the Church of the Holy Spirit, i.e. the Perfect Human'', Poznań 1695) *''Scintillae divini amoris'' (''Sparks of the Divine Love'', Kraków 1684) *''Sancta Romana Ecclesia'' (''The Holy Roman Church'', Poznań 1690) *''Quaestiones de Verbo Incarnato et de ejusdem admirabili Matre Virgine'' (''Questions about the Incarnate Word and about Its Admirable Mother Virgin'', Poznań 1671) *''Quaestiones de Deo uno et trino'' (''Questions about One and Triple God'', Poznań 1674) *''Quaestiones theologicae selectae ad totam Summam divi Thomae Aquinatis'' (''Selected Theological Questions to the Whole Summa of Divine Thomas Aquinas'', Kalisz 1681) *''Totius philosophiae principia'' (''The Principles of the Whole Philosophy'', Poznań 1666) *many popular prayer and meditation books There were usually several (even 20) editions of each work.

Kasper Niesiecki Kasper Niesiecki (31 December 1682 – 9 July 1744), also known as Kacper Niesiecki, was a Polish heraldist, Jesuit, lexicographer, writer, theologian and preacher. Biography Niesiecki was born in Greater Poland to a burgher family. In 1699 h ...

summarizes him in following words: ''A great boast and honor of the philosophical and theological sciences; in which he was so excellent that he used to pull after himself opinions of others''.

, ''Korona Polska'', v. 3, wów 1740, p. 297.

References

Bibliography

*Karol Estreicher (senior), Karol Estreicher, ''Bibliografia polska'', v. 22,

1908, pp. 551–557. *Ludwik Grzebień (ed.), ''Encyklopedia wiedzy o jezuitach na ziemiach Polski i Litwy. 1564–1995'',

1996. *

Antoni Gąsiorowski Antoni Gąsiorowski (born 24 November 1932 in Poznań) is a Polish medievalist historian, professor of humanities, member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. He graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (1953) with a degree in ...

, Jerzy Topolski (eds.), ''Wielkopolski Słownik Biograficzny'',

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–

1981, p. 495, .

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