historical writings 856 order me to do so under pain of sin. Lastly, if I were to find out that another is trying to attain one of the two things mentioned above, I promise that I will reveal that person and this entire matter to the Congregation or to the General Superior.20 I entrust my vows to the Lord before all His People (…), in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem.21 I, Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, confirm all the above with my own handwritten signature. Jacob of St. Barbara22 — I was present (handwritten) John Casimir of St. Theophilus23 (handwritten) 3. Declaration of the One Departing for Rome Protestatio Romam abeuntis Warsaw — ca. October 20, 1667 Introduction The original text of the Protestatio, written by the hand of Fr. Papczyński, has not survived to our times, and it seems that he did not give this work any title. The content of the Protestatio is known to us today only from the Protocollum of the Marian Order (Prot.), where the publisher divided the text into two parts, giving each its own title. Admittedly, the title of Protestatio Romam abeuntis was given only to the first part, but we give this title to the whole work, following Sidry (1937), Navikevicius (1960) and the Positio (1977). Father Papczyński, a member 20 The above three promises, included in the original formula of profession (cf. ConstSP, Part I, Ch. 3, n. IV), were replaced by a new formula in Rome on July 18, 1656. 21 Ps 115:14-19. Numbering of the Psalms according to the Vulgate. 22 Father Jacob Weczirka (Wezyrka) of St. Barbara (d. 1668) had been a resident of Warsaw since August 1654. Cf. Positio, p. 43, n. 6. 23 Jan Kazimierz Bukar of St. Theophilus was clothed in the religious habit at the hands of Fr. Alexander Novari on March 4, 1655. He submitted his religious profession in 1657 in Rzeszów.
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