1155 professio votorum simplicium which in addition to the main part relating to simple vows, also contained an oath to persevere in the Piarist Congregation until the end of his life17, and the four promises which were present in the original formula of profession. The need to use a new form of profession resulted from the fact that Pope Alexander VII made it possible for the Piarists to make simple vows on January 24, 1656. [Professio Votorum Simplicium] Ego Stanislaus a Iesu Maria in saeculo Ioannes Papczyński18 a bannorum viginti quinqueb facio meam professionem in Congregatione Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum, et voveo omnipotenti Deo, Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, ac Deiparae semper Virgini Mariae, et tibi R.P. Alexandro a S. Bernardo19 locumDei tenenti cpro A.R.P. Generali Ioanne a Iesu Mariac20, et omnibus Successoribus eiusd legitime eligendis etria Vota Simpliciae, f Paupertatem, Castitatem, g Obedientiam, et iuxta eamh peculiarem curam circa puerorum eruditionem, secundum formam Brevis Pauli V in nostrisi Constitutionibus contentam21. jInsuper iuro me perseveraturum toto tempore vitae meae in dicta Congregatione iuxta formam Brevis Alexandri VII j22. Quam Professionem et Vota, quibuscunque in contrarium existentibus, quibus nunc libere et integre renuntio, non obstantibus, firma, rata et valida semper fore et esse volo. In quorum fidem k subscripsi l hac die 22 mensis Iulii Anni 1656. Varsaviaem. a hic super lineam inscripta sunt manu diversa posteriore (a tabulario Romano?) verba: “Podgrodio Sandecensi – Dioecesis Cracoviensis”. Talis annotatio forse facta est post annum 1683, quo Capitulum generale Ordinis Scholarum Piarum statuit quod in formula 17 This oath added to the profession was necessary, because simple vows did not have the same binding force as solemn vows. 18 In ms. professionis cognomen “Papczyński” requiritur siglis: “D.N.” 19 P. Alexander Novari (†1657), Vicarius Provincialis per Polonia, residens Varsaviae ab anno 1653; cf. Positio, p. 42, no. 1. 20 P. Ioannes Garcia del Castillo, Generalis Scholarum Piarum (1656-1659). 21 Breve Ad ea, per quae e die 6 Martii 1617; v. Const.S.P., pp. 111-113. 22 Cf. Positio, p. 578 (Doc. XV, Art. II, A, a, II 2).
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