Listy pasterskie w posłudze słowa biskupa Jerzego Ablewicza
Pastoral letters in the ministry of the archbishop, Jerzy Ablewicz

Summary/Abstract: Writing letters as a form of interpersonal communication has been known in ancient cultures and civilizations. It also possesses its own Christian origins and etymology. It is also a source of experiencing God and faith. The pastoral letter played a very important and crucial role in the ministry of the bishop, Jerzy Ablewicz. He is the author of 70 pastoral letters aimed at people of the diocese during his twenty eight year old bishop ministry. These pastoral letters concern not only the widely understood religious life but also religious coronations and anniversary celebrations. The letters also constitute peculiar and individual seminar of historical knowledge. Most of them refer to the saint and the blessed of Tarnów. Not only are they the manifestation of the bishop’s concern regarding the level of theological knowledge but also the moral conduct of the diocese people. They are also the testimony of the bishop’s participation in the Second Vatican Council. The discussed works of the epistolography were prepared by the archbishop, Jerzy Ablewicz and were based on biblical sources of Church Fathers and Magisterium. Based on a classical model of prophecy, they encompass both comprehensible and also pedagogic values. In the pages of his works, the archbishop, Jerzy Ablewicz, comes into sight as the tactful, well mannered shepherd. In his ministry the archbishop took great advantage of pastoral letters as a form of word ministry and the source of experiencing God as well as his own faith.

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