Lumen 2018

S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 456 of Christ. He organized his fighters for the Kingdom of God on earth into the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary which will forever bear his name, too. With the words of Fr. Stanislaus Papczynski’s dedication from his textbook of rhetoric, published for the first time in 1663, I dedicate this work to Our Immaculate Mother: To the Mother of the Eternal Word, to the Devoutly Eloquent Virgin Mary Conceived without stain. NOTES 1. According to Fr. Wyszynski, his first name was not Ambrose, but Jacob. 2. VW § 76, Positio 691-692. 3. “Maxime praeditus fuit virtute... fidei.” B. Hoenning, PP ff. 99v- 120v, Positio 812; VW § 12, Positio 665; ibid., § 16, Positio 668. 4. “Novere non pauci qui fuerim in mihi vita mea carioribus Scho- lis Pijs in illa Pauperum Matris Dei suavissima Societate, quanti meam vocationem nonnisi a Deo provectam... .” Fundatio § 2, Positio 358. 5. VF § 19, Positio 637. 6. “Flexit genua cupidus martytii, percussus, non tamen decollatus [est].” VF § 23, Positio 638; Positio 31; Testament II, Scripta 134-134. 7. VF § 29, Positio 638. 8. Letter of recommendation by Nicholas Oborski, Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow, delivered to Fr. Papczynski on October 28, 1670, Positio 206; A certificate issued to Fr. Papczynski by