Jan Morawski

Portrait with Latin inscription: Two chandeliers shining before the Lord – of the [buried] in the tomb fathers of the Society of Jesus in Poznań. Venerable father Kasper Drużbicki, incorrupted by the death; venerable father Jan Morawski, in the lifetime entirely integral
Dąbrowa – coat of arms of Morawski family

Jan Morawski (coat of arms Dąbrowa) (born 29 XII 1633 in Lesser Poland or Podlachia, died 24 VI 1700 in Poznań) – Jesuit, theological writer.

Life

He was of yeomanry (drobna szlachta) descent. His parents were perhaps Marcin and Katarzyna Godlewska. Jan entered the order on 9 XI 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 Kalisz college (ethics and mathematics 1660–1661, philosophy 1661–1664) and, for many years, in Poznań academy (positive, polemical and moral theology). In 1678 he became the rector in Jarosław and in 1680 the prefect of studies and a professor of moral theology, again in Poznań. In 1682 he became the prefect in Kraków, 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 Thyrsus González de Santalla asked him of a report on the state of the province. This time Morawski was also engaged in ecumanical 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:

There were usually several (even 20) editions of each work. Kasper Niesiecki 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.[1]

See also

Bibliography

  1. ↑ Kasper Niesiecki, Korona Polska, v. 3, Lwów 1740, p. 297.
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