AKSJOLOGICZNY WYMIAR WALKI ZBROJNEJ W JĘZYKU KS. HIERONIMA KAJSIEWICZA (1812–1873)
Axiological Dimension of walka zbrojna (Armed Combat) in the Language of Priest Hieronim Kajsiewicz (1812–1873)

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the issue of evaluation of walka zbrojna (armed combat) in the language of sermons by Priest Hieronim Kajsiewicz, the major preacher of the Great Emmigration, cofounder of the Community of the Resurrection. Its aim is to answer the question how evaluation of this notio in Polish manifests itself, what linguistic units serve it and how it expresses in the structure of the texts. The analysis has been carried out according to J. Puzynina’s methodological standards. The ultimate aim was to recreate author evaluation and to compare it with stereotypes within the author’s environment, which in case of sermons is particularly complex, as there are two overlapping systems of values – of sacrum and of social-historical reality in which the preacher lived. Armed combat, as presented in Priest Kajsiewicz’s sermons, includes, first of all, national uprisings and revolution. Armed combat is negatively valued. The worst evil is revolution, whose agent of action and leader is Satan. A national uprising is also negatively valued, though the preacher appreciates heroism and lofty purposes, pursued by the members. Thus, it can be stated that the manner of showing combat by the preacher in his sermons is the same as in the Bible (Christ-Satan). Only evil obtains more precise, contemporary and closer to the recipient, shapes. This way of evaluation of armed combat serves didacticism of the sermons.

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