125 Apostolate or Contemplation: 1677-1723 dependence was the obligation to wear the Franciscan cord and adopt the Franciscan breviary. However, the belief that by accepting the Rule of the Ten Virtues, the Reformed Franciscans gained jurisdiction over the Marian Order is erroneous, as argued by the legal expert and researcher of Marian history, Julian Kałowski.211 Father Papczyński accepted this Rule with some reservations. He was aware of its insufficiency and generality, which might have opened the way for future differing interpretations and visions of the Order. Therefore, when making his solemn profession using its formula, he added and explained: “I promise and vow […] that during the entirety of my life I will observe the Rule of the Imitation of the Virtues of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, in that which is not contrary to our religious Institute.”212 In this way, he emphasized that the Order, even when accepting this Rule approved by the Holy See, desires to remain faithful to the spirit, charism, and guiding idea of the Marians, their designated tasks, and their legislation. The matter of fidelity to the original Marian charism was emphasized even more clearly by Uwagi niektóre na Regułę (Some Remarks on the Rule), which explained: “This Rule is accepted only in those points by the Founder and the first general of this order, which are not contrary to our regulations, to avoid meticulous doubts.”213 It is worth noting the words: “the Founder and the first general.” The author of the introduction to the Rule of the Ten Virtues wished to emphasize that Fr. Papczyński was the first general and Founder of the Order because Fr. Joachim Kozłowski wanted to promote himself as such and had his supporters. Accepting the Rule led to new relationships that had a lasting impact on the history of the Marian Order, its development, and its charism. Although the Rule itself did not in any way make the Marian Order dependent on the Friars Minor of Observance, from that moment on, through various legal acts, petitions from the Marians, responses, and orders from the Franciscans, the Marians partially lost their charism established and cultivated by the Founder. This dependence has steadily grown in juridical, liturgical, disciplinary, and ascetical dimensions. It also contributed to inhibiting the development of the spirituality specific 211 J. Kałowski, Problem zależności, p. 70. 212 S. Papczyński, Profession of Solemn Vows, in: Selected Writings, p. 942. 213 Uwagi niektóre na Regułę naśladowania cnót Nayświętszej Panny, in: Reguła Braci.
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