873 apologia for his departure from the order of pious schools venerable clerics of lower orders — Casimir of the Angels and Bernard of the Lord’s Passion, December 2 [11],75 1670.76 6. Apologia for His Departure from the Order of Pious Schools Apologia pro egressu e Scholis Piis Krakow (?) Lubocza (?) — 1671 (?) Introduction Who the author of this Apologia is and whom it concerns is not clearly marked at the beginning (or later on), but it is certain that the Apologia is an autobiographical writing of Fr. Papczyński.The language of this apology, written to justify his decision to leave the Piarists, is undoubtedly his own. At least twice the narrator’s “I” refers to “Fr. Stanislaus,”77 and at that time Fr. Papczyński was the only “Fr. Stanislaus” in the Polish Province of the Piarists. Furthermore, the whole tradition of the Marian Congregation is unanimous in recognizing Fr. Papczyński as both the author of the Apologia and the one whom it concerns. It is not known exactly when Fr. Papczyński wrote the Apologia. However, its content clearly indicates that he did so after he left the Piarists (December 11, 1670), but not immediately. It is possible that he wrote at least part of it before leaving Krakow in the summer of 1671. It is more likely though, that he wrote (or at least finished) the Apologia only — and soon — after moving to the Karski court in Lubocza (the beginning of September 1671). 75 It known that Fr. Papczyński made the Oblatio on the same day he was dismissed from the Institute of Pious Schools, that is, on December 11, 1670. Cf. Positio, pp. 212-213 and the introduction to the critical edition of the Oblatio in SH, where p. 26 explains how an error (2 instead of 11) arose in dating this document. 76 This last paragraph was probably added to the text after the ceremony during which the Oblatio was made. 77 Cf. §§ 7 and 32.
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