The Order of the Jesuits in Walcz (Wałcz) and its relations with Parishion in Skrzatusz based on Chronicle of the Jesuites in Walcz (Wałcz) Cover Image

Zakon jezuitów w Wałczu i jego związki z parafią w Skrzatuszu na podstawie kroniki jezuitów wałeckich
The Order of the Jesuits in Walcz (Wałcz) and its relations with Parishion in Skrzatusz based on Chronicle of the Jesuites in Walcz (Wałcz)

Author(s): Piotr Klejna
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Biblioteka Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego Diecezji Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskiej
Keywords: Jesuits; order; Loyola; Walcz (Wałcz); Skrzatusz (formerly Skrzetusz); chronicle; Hushius; Reformation; Counter-Reformation; Walcz (Wałcz) Athens

Summary/Abstract: The Order of the Jesuits (actually ‘The Society of Jesus’, Latin Societas Iesu) was founded by the Spaniard Ignatius Loyola (1491–1556) in 1539. Approved by Pope Paul III in 1540, Cardinal Hosius (1504–1579) brought the Jesuits to Poland in 1564. The first seat of the Jesuit Order in Poland was located in Lidzbark Warminski (Lidzbark Warmiński) in 1564, and a year later in Braniewo. The Jesuits were brought from Poznan (Poznań) to Walcz (Wałcz) by Jan Gostomski, the starost of Walcz (Wałcz) in 1618, in order to undertake Counter-Reformation activities. From the very beginning of their stay in Walcz (Wałcz), the Jesuits kept a chronicle in which they recorded more important events in the life of the residence, the city of Walcz (Wałcz) and the surrounding parishes. The chronicle was kept by the Jesuits until the dissolution of the Order in 1773.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 77-96
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish