Glorious grace, blessing, and kindness – the linguistic image of cure in The bottomless treasure of divine benefaction written by a priest Jan Kazimierz Steczewicz Cover Image

„Cudowne łaski, dobrodziejstwa i fawory” – językowy obraz uzdrowienia w Skarbie nieprzebranym dobrodziejstw boskich ks. Jana Kazimierza Steczewicza
Glorious grace, blessing, and kindness – the linguistic image of cure in The bottomless treasure of divine benefaction written by a priest Jan Kazimierz Steczewicz

Author(s): Wojciech Kuska
Subject(s): Language studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: miracle; the glorious picture; Mother of God

Summary/Abstract: The writing by Steczewicz was published in 1672. Its basic role was theconfirmation of glorious occurrences that happened due to the picture of Mother of Godwhich was placed in a Rokinto’s temple. In the third part of the analyzed text, readerscan find people’s accounts confirming supernatural activities of the picture, its influenceon the occurrences happening in Rokitno and nearby towns, and especially on the healthof people who have hope in Mother of God. Collected accounts, their diversity,spectrum of touched strands supplied the linguistic material that is a testimony for thefaith of the flock who trust Mary and accept their illness recovery as the gloriousactivity of the picture.

  • Issue Year: 14/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 85-98
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish