753 chrystus cierpiący INTRODUCTION 1. The Work, Its Author, and the Circumstances of Its Creation Christus Patiens (CP) is a collection of Lenten meditations. The full Latin title of this collection reads: Christus Patiens, Septem Discursibus Quadragesimali Paenitentiae accomodatis, Devotae Piorum considerationi Propositus per Patrem Stanislaum a Iesu Maria Sacerdotem Polonum. Neither the title nor the authorship of this work is subject to any doubt because its first edition was printed in 1690 through the efforts of its author himself, in the print shop of K.F. Schreiber inWarsaw.The front page of this work clearly shows the title and the author’s name. We see that it was written by “Father Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, a Polish priest.” It is true that the last name of the author was not mentioned, but in his earlier published works, Fr. Stanislaus also did not provide his surname, supplying only his religious name. To illustrate, in the first edition of Prodromus (1663), we read: “Authore Stanislao a Iesu Maria ex Scholis Piis,” and in Doctor Angelicus (1664): “P. Stanislao a Iesu Maria Scholarum Piarum Sacerdote.” Similarly, after founding his own Congregation, he continued to sign his works only with his religious name,1 which he did not change after leaving the Piarists. Christus Patiens appears on the list of Fr. Stanislaus Papczyński’s writings submitted to the Roman Congregation of Rites on May 29, 1769, for examination as part of his beatification process. The decree issued by that Congregation on July 15, 1775, declared his works to be in compliance with the teachings of the Church.2 1 The only exception to that rule was The Crucified Orator, published at the time of Fr. Stanislaus’ departure from the Piarists. There the author’s name appears as “John Papczyński, a Polish priest.” It was a time during which, one can surmise, Fr. Stanislaus had not resolved whether or not to keep his religious name. 2 See PP, f.364v; see alsoDecree in: Summarium Additionale, No. 3, § 2.
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