911 the foundation of the house of recollection favorably disposed to it. If this were confirmed (among them presently), he would decree that they ought to be tolerated. 20. And so, for that reason, the visitator, when he came, burned with anger when he did not find Krajewski in the house. Indignant, he already wanted to exclude him from the hermitage along with the others, but in the end, he decided to place these men under the test through the touchstone of his laws. Therefore, he wrote certain Statutes, namely, Ordinances regarding spiritual exercises, penances, as well as recollection.263 All of the hermits, both those present and any others to that may desire to come, he decided to bind by an oath of obedience to the ordinary of the episcopal see. He compelled them to keeping these Ordinances by his authority. He decided that I — who had gone elsewhere after the completion of my spiritual retreat — should be their Superior, having granted to me all his authority in regard to them. 21. They were astounded and did not accept the laws. Rather, they left the hermitage. Only Krajewski himself remained, and sometimes he complained about me before the laypeople. He even simulated zeal in keeping the Rule, but in reality — both at home and outside — he lived as he wanted: unrestrained, disobedient, not observing the laws and rebellious, both toward me and the bishop. He slandered my activity everywhere and finally, through his confidants, he accused me, before that same visitator, of being too severe and of vagrancy. Yet, I, not without due permission, had to leave [the hermitage] and go to Krakow and to another place.264 He indeed relied upon the patronage of undignified men and of his close relative, an otherwise dignifiedman, the canon of Gniezno.265 263 These Statutes or Ordinances can be found in the Acts of the said visitation which titled thus: 1673 die 24 Octobris Decanatus Mszczonoviensis. Oratorium Beatae Virginis Mariae sine macula conceptae in Eremo Korabieviensi et Domus Recollectionis Clericorum eiusdem tituli. Cf. Positio, pp. 341-345 (Doc. X, 3). 264 The probably refers to Fr. Papczyński’s journey to Krakow in 1674, when he went there to prepare his book Templum Dei Mysticum for printing (it appeared in print there in 1775). When he says “another place,” it should probably be understood as Podegrodzie (he went there as the executor of the will of Jan Papczyński). Cf. Positio, p. 367, n. 51; pp. 558-562. 265 This “canon of Gniezno” (since 1666) had the same name: Stanislaus Krajewski. Cf. Positio, p. 367, n. 52
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