Ad Honorem Immaculatae Conceptionis Mariae Oblatio

135 Thus, for Father Stanislaus the truth about the Immaculate Conception of Mary, which the Roman Church will propose for belief in the future, and which has already been particularly defended by many Popes, is not only a matter of private Marian devotion and a subjective conviction. It is an in- tegral part of the faith of the Church which, although not yet made dogma, exists among the People of God and – as an active response to the action of the Holy Spirit is confessed and defended by the baptized. Pius IX referred to this infallible sensum fidei of the People of God as the sufficient and most important theological argument in his brief Ineffabilis Deus of December 8, 1854, which defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Pius XII also acted similarly, as he proclaimed in 1950 the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. There is no doubt that Father Papczyński’s charismatic intuition about actively spreading devotion to Mary and serving the truth about her Im- maculate Conception, by founding the Order of Marians, is part of the tra- dition of this sensus fidei of the Church, which cannot make mistakes in matters of faith and morals (CCC 91-93) 8 . The International Theological Commission claims that in order to un- derstand how the sensus fidei functions in the life of the Church, it is neces- sary to place this phenomenon in the context of history in which the Holy Spirit acts and speaks 9 . In this very history, the Church developed certain pious practices, devotions and prayers that often expressed truths which were not yet proclaimed as dogma. Father Papczyński’s Oblatio of 1670 and his vow of blood, seen in the historical context of his times, clearly place the Founder of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Mary among such believers who prophetically discerned what the Spirit was say- ing to the Church of their time and even had the courage to proclaim it at the cost of their life. The Oblatio now – a call to interpret anew and accept the main charism of the Marians By offering himself to God and Mary Immaculate, Father Stanislaus laid the foundations for his life’s work: the Marian Order of the Immacu- 8 See also: International Theological Commission, Sensus Fidei w życiu Kościoła , Dehon, Krakow 2015. 9 Ibid, No 69.