triumph of the great virgin 840 confirming the thesis of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, gained his recognition. We do not know whether it was on Fr. Papczyński’s own initiative or through a suggestion on the part of Dominic’s own brother, Fr. Franciszek Kochanowski, who supervised the second edition of Novus asserendae ..., that St. Stanislaus expressed his appreciation and high opinion [of the book] in the short poetic piece TMV, which was included in the introductory part of the second edition.50 At the beginning of TMV, Fr. Papczyński praised the new way of asserting the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed VirginMary “in accordance with the Holy Scriptures and the Holy Fathers, previously expressed by the saints and classical doctors of the Church, derived from the principles of the venerable Servant of God John Duns Scotus, the Subtle Doctor.”51 An extensive book by Dominic Korwin Kochanowski, numbering 317 pages, consisted of three parts called “decades” by the author, because each contains 10 “resolutions” advocating for the Immaculate Conception. Its author claimed that only the Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ, was free from the original sin committed by Adam and Eve (Dec. I), and was52 Immaculately Conceived (Dec. II); she was also free from weakness and the sinfulness of our fallen nature (Dec. III). According to Fr. Papczyński, the book by Dominic Korwin Kochanowski presented the traditional teachings, but delivered them in a “new manner,” in which he probably saw “the beauty of the argumentation.” The presentation of this teaching was preceded by a well-ordered introduction, with logical arguments and convincing allocution. Therefore, Fr. Papczyński regarded the publication of this book as a “clearly substantiated victory” of 50 D.K. Kochanowski OFM, Novus asserendae Immaculatae Conceptionis Deiparare Virginis modus, Casimiriae ad Cracoviam 1699, p. [XVI-XVII]. Cf. K.J. Estreicher, Bibliografia Polska, XIX, Kraków 1903, p. 358. 51 See the title page of TMV. 52 This introduction has been edited here in the English translation to correct a mistake found in the original Polish.
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