historical writings 886 I ensured as much as possible my good name146 — but because this good father, sinning quite often against love, was so blind, that he never ceased to persecute me, until he threw me out entirely from the Warsaw house.147 25. Besides this, one must remember the horrible request made of those who remained on my side and demanded that I be removed from prison. [It was asked] not only that they draw back fromme, but also that they condemn the means that they, moved by love, had made use of in my cause. Oh, how abominable and nearly diabolical it is to compel another to condemn love! Let everyone think [for himself ] whether there be a spark of love in the heart of the one who so detested such love in others, that he did not desire to be reconciled with them unless they would first strip themselves and me of all the gifts [of true charity]. 26. I am not mentioning the libel which overwhelmed me. I firmly declare that he did not defend me from it, me, already abducted from Krakow and unwilling to profess solemn vows148 — even before those God-fearing men, upon whose counsels I relied.149 27. In addition, [I must mention] a frightfully slanderous letter written to Fr. Paul, the Rector of the Prievidza house, where I was imprisoned.150 In this letter, he asked him, having faulted me for entirely false crimes, not to permit me to profess [solemn] vows, even if I so desired. Although he was a thoroughly cunning and insidious man, I believe that a different poison was hidden 146 Such an “admonition” of St. Paul can be read in Rom 12:17 or in Phil 4:8. Cf. TDM, Ch. 18. 147 Cf. above § 19 and n. 123. Cf. Positio, p. 147. 148 In his third request for release from the Piarists (December 20, 1669?), Fr. Papczyński wrote that he did not want to make solemn vows. Cf. Positio, pp. 148, 150, 186, § 2. 149 Father Papczyński relied on the advice of certain Jesuits, Dominicans and Discalced Carmelites. There were also other religious from whom he sought counsel concerning his proposal of submitting himself to the jurisdiction of the local Ordinary. Cf. Kr., pp. 310-311; Positio, p. 316. 150 This letter from Fr. Haligowski to Fr. Paweł Frankovič of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rector of the house in Prievidza (1666-1671), is no longer extant. Cf. Positio, p. 160, n. 7.
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