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institute to the Apostolic Nuncio. When the Nuncio referred him to Bishop Wierzbowski in this matter, Papczynski obtained a letter from Bishop Wierzbowski on September 3, 1668, forbidding the Jesuits to open their school in Warsaw. 116 But the Jesuits were unbending and, taking advantage of the interregnum after King John Casimir’s abdication on September 19, 1668, they opened their school, having sent their own protest to the Ordinary, the Apostolic Nuncio, and to the General Curia of the Piarist Fathers. The Piarists, in turn, sent a protest to the state authorities, but they did not manage to obtain an order that the Jesuit College should be closed. The conflict be- tween the two religious orders was intensifying, which was reflected in many publications. It was in this very arena that Fr. Papczynski was involved, on the side of the Piarists, although it must be said that he was not the only one. 117 The conflict intensified even more when the Warsaw Piarists learned at the beginning of 1669 that the Jesuits had obtained an order from the Holy See forbidding anyone to take any actions against them in Warsaw. Rumors also circulated that the Inibizione forbade the Piarists to run their own school. Later, the superiors of both orders attempted to resolve their quarrel with the assistance of Bishop Wierzbowski and Nuncio Marescotti. 118 Ultimately, the War- saw Piarists were called to end the confrontation. 119 The conflict con- tinued even though both orders were tired of it and tried to bring it to an end. At that time, Fr. Oliva, the Superior General of the Jesuits, received a report from his confreres in Poland entitled Puncta circa PP. Piarum Scholarum, which listed all actions by the Piarists against the Jesuit College in Warsaw in ten points. 120 In the first nine points, the Warsaw Piarists were being accused of carrying out various at- tacks against the Jesuits but no facts or names were mentioned. Fa- ther Papczynski was involved in some of these actions, too. He was attacked openly and by name in the tenth point of the report. 121 In a conversation with Fr. John Charles of St. Barbara Caputi, a repre- sentative of the Superior General of the Piarist Fathers, Superior Gen- eral Oliva complained that Fr. Stanislaus in particular, attempted to discredit, in speech and writing, the actions of the Jesuits in Warsaw. 183 At the Crossroads