885 apologia for his departure from the order of pious schools to slap my cheek. He was so unfavorable to me that even though he was the last and most insignificant of priests, he chose him for his confessions, or should I say, his plotting.141 For, each of them — for a quite a while — spent time in mutual confessions, such that those remaining, upon noticing this, openly criticized it. 22. It happened that, against our statutes, he permitted a certain youth to dwell in our house.142 I opposed his acceptance, prompted by a deep zeal. In certain sharp words, I also stated that he stubbornly opposed our statutes. As the elder priest of the house, I began to condemn his deed, for which no one ought to receive permission. Shortly afterward, there appeared a letter forbidding his acceptance to the house, issued — through my own insistence — by the Fr. General himself.143 He took my condemnation and zeal with such an angry and furious temper that he forcibly removed me from the room with his own hands. 23. I am not dwelling at all on other matters. No doubt, it is sad and despicable that he wanted to burn the Panegyric — presented by me in writing at his recommendation to His Majesty, King Michael, immediately after his election and sent to press after due investigation by the censor. For this reason, he did not want my name to be read by the King.144 24. Next, having devised for himself a commission for visiting the Krakow, Podoliniec, and Rzeszów houses, he denounced me there, turning away the hearts of those who yet wished me well.145 This matter stirred me up greatly — not because he made libel against me, although according to the Apostle’s admonition, 141 We are not able to identify this priest, because the Elenchus of the members of the Warsaw House during the years 1667-1669 is no longer extant. 142 Regarding what is meant by “against our statutes,” cf. SH, p. 52, n. 92. 143 Letters from Fr. Papczyński to the General on this subject, as well as the letter of the General that forbid such things (Litterae inhibitoriae convictorum), are no longer extant. It is possible that Opatowski had in mind this letter of the General when in 1669 (after the visitation of Podoliniec House) he decreed that: “Nulla ratione acceptentur Convictores sine licentia Patris Generalis.” Cf. SH, p. 52, n. 93. 144 Cf. § 53. 145 Father Francis Haligowski made this journey in the second part of January and the first part of February of the year 1669. Cf. Kr., p. 296 (1669 A.D., § 1)
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