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Gustus Spiritualis: Remarks on the Emergence of Modern Aesthetics

Gustus Spiritualis: Remarks on the Emergence of Modern Aesthetics

Author(s): Endre Szécsényi / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2014

Keywords: gustus spiritualis; taste; modernity; history of aesthetics

The article considers the concept of gustus spiritualis, in particular its possible historical connection with (aesthetic) taste in the seventeenth century. By ‘aesthetic’, I mean a radically modern phenomenon, attitude, sensibility, and so forth, that is, a new type of experience. Its discourse has many keywords; one of them is taste, an inner faculty by which its possessor is able to make sharp and proper distinctions, and simultaneously to enjoy fine delights. Here, I am obliged to confine myself to the interpretation of some Jesuit authors within the wide tradition of gustus spiritualis: St Ignatius of Loyola, St Francis de Sales, Baltasar Gracián, and Dominique Bouhours in sequence. The latter two are usually treated in the historical narratives of aesthetics, which, however, usually take gustus/gusto/goût as if it were a purely secular (moral, political) notion in the seventeenth century, while its theological roots are ignored. Exploring the role of gustus spiritualis in the evolution of (aesthetic) taste can cast light, on the one hand, on the important fact that this entails volition, that is, the determination and enchantment of human desire and hope without constraint; and, on the other, on the historical process of the emergence of a new type of ‘beholder’ with a sensitive attitude to transcendence, and, in the same manner, to his or her worldly life as well; moreover, it is a process in which, simultaneously, the nature of transcendence is transformed into a tastable one.

Greek-latin influences on the German Culture

Griechisch-Lateinische Einflüsse in der Deutschen Kultur

Author(s): Alexandra Denisa Igna / Language(s): German / Issue: 01/2015

Keywords: influences; antiquity; culture; museum; genius;

The following article aims to underline the value of the Greek culture along the time and its influence on the German culture by means of personal observations, visits in different museums of the world, guides or books. There are presented different antique Greek influences on the German culture in the 18th century, on philosophy, art history, and literature. We allocate a special place to the Pergamonmuseum of Berlin, which shows again the interests of the Germans for the Greek culture. The contribution of the famous German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann is mentioned together with some facts about his life and career, as presented in its autobiography: Ithaca, the Peloponnese, and Troy.

Meditation in the Spiritual Life and in Literature

A meditáció a hitgyakorlásban és az irodalomban

Author(s): Gábor Csilla / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2000

The study involves methods of literary, theological research and experiences in the history of spirituality. First it defines the term meditation as an individual practice of the spiritual life, where contemplation on a special theme also involves a decision: to act in accord with the values brought to light during the reflection. The written form of the meditation may be considered as one of the specific genres of ecclesiastical literature, with a great number of works from 17th century Hungarian literature being written in this genre. The second part of the paper deals with the Jesuit meditation, putting in focus Mátyás Hajnal’s Booklet of the Heart published in 1629 in Vienna. The work is a sequence of 18 emblems, each of them followed by a meditation and a prayer. Its theme is the functioning of divine grace and the process of justification. The viewpoint of the analysis is a complex one: the theological problem is presented in literary form through the use of popular genre and language.

The Role of the Imagination in a Spiritual Exercise Written for Poor Clares

Imaginatio egy klarisszáknak írt lelkigyakorlatos könyvben

Author(s): Franciska Kónya / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: III/2016

Keywords: 18th century; imagination; meditation; Poor Clares; spiritual exercise; Anna Terézia Viczay; Wilhelm Fesenmayr

This paper studies the spiritual exercise written by Wilhelm Fesenmayr, appeared in 1710 with the title: Betrachtung und Exercitien-Buch fur die Geistliche, Gott-verlobte Closter-Jungfrauen. Th is book was translated to Hungarian by a nun called Anna Terézia Viczay in 1720 (Az elmélkedéseknek és lelki foglalatosságoknak könyve). This eight-day-long exercise is based on meditations, which usually are inspired from the everyday life of the Poor Clares. We are studying the role of the imagination and the use of the senses in this book: how is it connected to the Ignatian tradition and how it becomes special being adapted for the nuns.

EU Policies Regarding the Development of Trust-like Devices - Recent Challenges, Achievements, Prospects and Terminological Insights

EU Policies Regarding the Development of Trust-like Devices - Recent Challenges, Achievements, Prospects and Terminological Insights

Author(s): Irina Gvelesiani / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

Keywords: globalization; trust; trust-like device; K30;

“Trust” is a versatile instrument which is suitable for a great variety of purposes. Many scholars believe, that the original form of this institution appeared in common law, while in the 20th century the process of globalization stipulated the “internationalization” of the trust mechanism. The starting point of this process was the conclusion of the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition. Initially, the civil law jurisdictions were unable to adopt “trust” structure in which common-law power and equity power belonged to separate entities. Despite this fact, in the recent years, trust-like devices have been introduced in certain economic-juridical systems of Europe. Their rapid implementation raised the question of the establishment of innovative policies. This paper will discuss the latest achievements and existing challenges based on the example of the German juridical-economic system. The aim is to make useful proposals for the successful planning of the European entrusting processes.

Theology of Arnold of Villanova: between Bible and politics

Teologia Arnolda z Villanova: między Biblią a polityką

Author(s): Bogusław Kochaniewicz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2011

Keywords: Arnold of Villanova; Bible; exegesis; history of theology; heresy; politics; mysticism; eschaton;

Biblical interpretation of Arnold of Villanova manifests us not only a specific and particular current of exegesis within 14th century. He emphasised the idea of eschaton fullfilled, manifested through the history more and more clear and perfect. His exegesis, based on Joachim de Fiore’s work presented the Bible as an instrument of the historical knowledge. The Bible, interpreted in allegorical perspective, manifested the meaning of the events pasted and presents and future. In order that Bible could be always actual, it required miracles and apparitions, which would support and manifest extraordinary divine interventions within the history of the world. In Arnold’s opinion, the Bible, without miracles and mistical experiences, could lost its own meaning.

ON THE FIDUCIARY HEIRS FROM MOESIA AND THRACE (GEROV, ILB 136 & KURYLOWICZ, ZPE 60 (1985), PP. 189-198)

ЗА ФИДУЦИАРНИТЕ НАСЛЕДНИЦИ ОТ МИЗИЯ И ТРАКИЯ (GEROV, ILB 136 & KURYŁOWICZ, ZPE 60 (1985), pp. 189-198)

Author(s): Momchil Banev / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 22/2017

The paper proposes an interpretation of the formula H·F·M·C from the last row of a sepulchral inscription from Cherkovitsa (Bulgaria), published in 1868 and disappearing shortly afterwards. The aim of the study is to check whether the formula H·F·M·C from the last preserved row contains the figure of the fiduciary heir: heres fiduciarius (successor trustee), abbreviated using only the initial letters. Due to the fact that the preserved formula is on a lapidary monument, importance is attached not to the literary information in the heir’s institute, but only to the form and the type of context in which it appears in epigraphic monuments, and above all in sepulchral ones. The known lapidary inscriptions on heirs were studied and a comparison was made of the formulae containing a specifically mentioned heres fiduciarius (in full or in abbreviated form). In view of the fact that in all sepulchral inscriptions in which heres fiduciarius is mentioned, even on the territory of Rome, fiduciarius is never abbreviated to the first letter only, it may be assumed that there are no grounds to think of reference to a fiduciary heir in the interpreted inscription that is broken off at one end and which ends with H·F·M·C. The abbreviation should most probably be read as h(eres) f(ecit) m(emoriae) c(ausa), whereby it is also possible that this may not have been the end of the text. Similarly, in the inscription from Remagen (Germany) the reading accepted in CIL 3, 6129a and later by G. Alföldy is preferable, and to reject as erroneous its attributing to the province of Thracia.

The library of Reformed Franciscans from Wielun in the light of Scrutinium antiquitatis sive nova revisio veteris archivii conventus ad Annutiationem BVM Vielunensis PP. S. Francisci Reformatorum (1629-1864)

Biblioteka reformatów wieluńskich w świetle Scrutinium antiquitatis (1629-1864)

Author(s): Tomasz Stolarczyk / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 16/2016

Keywords: Reformed Franciscans;Wieluń;library;chronicle of convent;1629-1864;

The purpose of this article is to show the library of Reformed Franciscans from Wieluń in the light of Scrutinium antiquitatis sive nova revisio veteris archivii conventus ad Annutiationem BVM Vielunensis PP. S. Francisci Reformatorum which is the chronicle of convent (hereinaf- ter called: Scrutinium). The beginning of the Monastery of Reformed Franciscans in Wieluń is dated for 9th of February, 1629, when Marcin Wierusz-Kowalski asked provincial chapter house for foundation. On 31st of March, 1629, Sigismund III Vasa gave to the monks his royal approval and on 28th of September canonical erection took place which was accomplished by primate Jan Wężyk’s document. In Scrutinium we can see that superiors of Reformates Monastery in Wieluń were increasing library’s collection of books. In XVII century that were single specimens but in XVIII century there were several of them. In majority that was preacher’s and theological literature. Most of the books were written in Latin language, some of them were in Polish. It was a typical conventual library of its times.

PROVISIONS OR RULES OF THE ROMAN ADMINISTRATION IN DEFENSE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, RES PUBLICAE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

РАЗПОРЕДБИ ИЛИ ПРАВИЛА НА РИМСКАТА АДМИНИСТРАЦИЯ ЗА ЗАЩИТА НА ПРИРОДНИТЕ РЕСУРСИ, ПУБЛИЧНОТО ИМУЩЕСТВО И ОКОЛНАТА СРЕДА

Author(s): Juan M. Alburquerque / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2018

Keywords: Environment; natural resources; pollution; deforestation; mining; salubritas; res publicae; rivers; creeks; sea;

This contribution will focus, in summary form, on a short list of administrative provisions that, as a direct or indirect reflection effect, could have some convergence with what is now called the Environment and the protection of natural resources. We will talk, among other aspects, of the pollution in its different aspects, of the city in general, acoustic and saturnine. In relation to the field, the problems of the deforestation, the clearing of the forests and the mining. Water pollution, springs of running water, public springs in the city of Rome, etc.Also, in a somewhat more particularized way, but in a summarized way, we will analyze a set of legal reflections typical of Roman administrative experience, and the fundamental criteria in relation to the recognition of the social function of the res publicae and the corresponding interdictal tutelage And jurisprudence on public places, especially if we think about the relation, convergencies, coexistence or coherence, that they can assume with respect to the Environment.

Honorific Statues for Gaius and Lucius Caesar

Honorific Statues for Gaius and Lucius Caesar

Author(s): Paweł Sawiński / Language(s): English / Issue: 30/2015

Keywords: statues Gaius and Lucius; the custom of erecting statues

The court officials of the Bishop of Płock, Andrzej of the Ciołek Coat of Arms (1254-1261). An article about research on bishop’s courts in medieval Poland

Urzędnicy dworscy biskupa płockiego Andrzeja herbu Ciołek (1254-1261). Przyczynek do badań nad dworami biskupimi w średniowiecznej Polsce

Author(s): Łukasz Włodarski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 110/2018

Keywords: court; officials; a bishop; the Church; Płock; 13th century

The following article aims to present court officials of the Ordinary Bishop of Płock, Andrzej Ciołek. However, due to a shortage of the sources and their laconic nature, this task is much more difficult. The surviving material reveals that the bishop’s closest circle comprised the people who satisfied his earthly needs, namely preparing meals, tables, sleeping chambers as well as managing bishop’s property. In addition, the bishop was represented by a prosecutor. There were also priests who probably worked in the church office, which enabled efficient management of the diocese.

250th anniversary of fra Petar Knežević's death (1701–1768) - the author of 'Gospin plač'

Ne mogu se nasititi od Marije besiditi. Uz 250. obljetnicu smrti fra Petra Kneževića (1701–1768) - autora našeg najpjevanijeg Gospina plača

Author(s): Marko Čuturić / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 1+2/2018

Keywords: Petar Knežević; 18th century; Gospin plač; Bosna Srebrena;

Ne mogu se nasititi od Marije besiditi naslov je pjesme kojim je autor fra Petar Knežević izrekao veliku istinu o sebi i svome svećeničko-redovničkom profilu. U njegovu bogatom književno-umjetničkom opusu glavno mjesto zauzima lik Blažene Djevice Marije. U Bosni Srebrenoj ga poznajemo kao autora Gospina plača punog naziva „Muka Gospodina našega Isusa Krista i plač majke njegove“ (1753.). koji se i danas tijekom korizme pjeva u mnogim našim župama.

The Antecedents oh the Reform (I)

Reformációs előzmények (I)

Author(s): József Marton / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 05/2017

Review

Buchrezension

Author(s): Inocent-Mária V. Szaniszló O.P. / Language(s): German / Issue: 2/2018

Keywords: Religion; Secularity; Europe;

Review of: Inocent-Mária V. Szaniszló - Otfried Höffe, Andreas Kablitz (Hg.), Religion im säkularen Europa, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Paderborn 2018, 204 S., ISBN 978-3-7705-6298-5.

The personalistic principle of education in Itinerarium Mentis in Deum by Saint Bonaventure

Personalistyczna zasada wychowania w Itinerarium mentis in Deum św. Bonawentury

Author(s): Piotr Jordan Śliwiński / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2019

Keywords: Itinerarium mentis in Deum; personalism; formation

Saint Bonaventure’s Itinerarium mentis in Deum is written as a textbook on the formation of Franciscans, its basic tenet being imitation of Saint Francis of Assisi. Pondering over Francis’ life, Bonaventure, using the language of philosophy and theology, suggests forms of imitating the saint and thus offers an interesting interpretation of Francis and his life. The paper focuses on the suggested concept of a hierarchy of knowledge and the suggested method of meditating as two valuable examples of that personalistic formation.

ORIGIN AND DIFFERENTIATION OF THE CLASSIFICATION RES PUBLICAE ET RES PRIVATAE IN ROMAN LAW. TREATMENT OF PUBLIC THINGS AND PRIVATE THINGS IN THE SPANISH LEGAL ORDERING

ORIGIN AND DIFFERENTIATION OF THE CLASSIFICATION RES PUBLICAE ET RES PRIVATAE IN ROMAN LAW. TREATMENT OF PUBLIC THINGS AND PRIVATE THINGS IN THE SPANISH LEGAL ORDERING

Author(s): Vanessa Ponte Arrebola / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

Keywords: res publicae; res privatae; Roman law; Spanish civil code

This work focuses on the duality of the res publica and res privata classification. The origin of differentiation is, obviously, Roman. Beyond its regulation in Rome, the well-known and important classification reaches to these days, being present in most of the western legal systems of Romanist base. Issues such as the etymology of the terms that refer to these types of goods, distinction and characteristics can be found in Roman law. The Spanish Civil Code of our days also houses the classification paying greater attention, as well as Roman law, to public things, subclassifications thereof or the foundation of the division. The classification of things in the public or private domain that the Civil Code contains is not based on the very nature of the thing but on the kind of person to which they belong, since the same thing can sometimes be of the public domain and other times of private domain. Everything depends on the destination that has been given, its service or purpose. The subject is regulated by administrative law and special laws.

Maria Sten: from Mexican Prehispanic Literature to the Boom in Poland

Maria Sten: de literatura prehispánica mexicana al boom en Polonia

Author(s): Monika Dąbrowska / Language(s): Spanish / Issue: 26/2017

Keywords: Maria Sten; pre-Hispanic theater; Polish-Mexican relations; translation; Latin American Boom

The article presents the figure of Maria Sten (1917-2007), the researcher and translator of Polish origin established in Mexico. On one hand it considers her contribution as a researcher at the UNAM, and a specialist in Mesoamerican literature and in Prehispanic and Colonial theater. On the other hand, the paper emphasizes her effort to popularize the image of Mexico and its culture in Poland by translating into Polish and publishing the literary works and scientific publications of Mexican authors (Rosario Castellanos, Carlos Fuentes, Augusto Monterroso, Miguel Leon-Portilla). At the same time Sten translated and popularized in Mexico Polish authors and their theatrical works (Stanisław Witkiewicz, Sławomir Mrożek).The contribution of Maria Sten to the literary approach between Poland and Mexico is situated in the context of Polish-Mexican intercultural dialogue in the twentieth century. After pondering her publications, both in Mexico and in Poland, the paper concludes with presenting her contribution to the vision of pre-Columbian Mexico and the pioneering nature of her texts published in Poland in the 60s. Her work prepared the ground for the reception of the Latin American Boom in Poland.

About the Increasing Presence of Periphrasis ir a + infinitive in the Temporal System of Contemporary Spanish

Sobre la creciente presencia de la perífrasis ir a + infinitivo en el sistema temporal del castellano contemporáneo

Author(s): Witold Sobczak / Language(s): Spanish / Issue: 22/2015

Keywords: linguistic change; temporal system; posteriority; temporal displacement; ir a + infinitive; future

The aim of this article is to comment on the increasing presence of the verbal periphrasis ir a + infinitive. Despite being traditionally associated with the replacement of the synthetic future (cantará) and post-preterite (cantaría), it turns out that this construction, when combined with the paradigms of the present (va a cantar) and co-preterite (iba a cantar), and followed by the auxiliary verb haber, is able to acquire, at least in some contexts, temporal and modal values of the compound forms (habrá cantado and habría cantado). Furthermore, it seems that its frequent usage with the forms of the indicative intensifies the usage of periphrasis with the present and co-preterite subjunctive (vaya a cantar and fuera/fuese a cantar). According to the results of our own analysis, we cannot exclude at this point the possibility of the coexistence between these two forms and cante and cantara respectively, which may resemble the one observed between canta and va a + cantar. All of this allows us to conclude that we deal with a periphrasis of huge potential whose expansion limits, to a greater or lesser extent, the usage of the tenses denoting posteriority in the Spanish language.

Christian Worship at the Tomb of the Prophet Samuel on Mount Joy

Christian Worship at the Tomb of the Prophet Samuel on Mount Joy

Author(s): Piotr Mieszko Briks / Language(s): English / Issue: 68/3/2021

Keywords: Nabi Samuel; Nebi Samuel; Nebi Samwil; Samuel; Rama; Mons Gaudii; maqam; cenotaph

One of the exceptionally interesting examples of a living biblical tradition, maintained by Christian, Muslim and Jewish pilgrims for over sixteen hundred years, is the history of St. Samuel monastery on the Mount of Joy. The shrine was founded in the Byzantine period, but its heyday falls on the period of the Crusades. It was from here, after the murderous journey, that the troops of the First Crusade saw Jerusalem for the first time. The knights were followed by more and more pilgrims. On the hill, called Mons Gaudii, the Premonstratensians built their monastery, which in time became a real pilgrimage center. Based on the preserved traces, the author reconstructs the Christian chapters of the history of Nabi Samuel. He recalls people, events and traditions related to it, and also the accounts of pilgrims coming here.Christians left the Mons Gaudii probably at the end of the 12th century. Worship of the prophet Samuel were taken over by Muslims and Jews. For the latter the Tomb of Prophet Samuel became one of the most important places of pilgrimage, in some periods even more important than Jerusalem itself. There were numerous disputes and conflicts about holding control over this place, there were even bloody battles. In 1967 this place was taken by the Israeli army. Over time, a national park was created in the area around the mosque, in the mosque itself was established a place of prayer for Jews, and a synagogue in the tomb crypt. A slightly forgotten sanctuary began to warm up emotions anew.

Legio VII Claudia at Potaissa

Legio VII Claudia at Potaissa

Author(s): Sorin Nemeti,Paul Chiorean / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: legio VII Claudia; vexillatio; Potaissa; brick stamps; Caracalla;

The paper tackles with the inscription from Potaissa (ILD I 499) which have risen an entire discussion about the presence of the legion VII Gemina at Potaissa, in the context in which the stamps of this legion are known in large numbers from the fortress of Porolissum. Only P. Le Roux struck a discordant note, reading in line 2 the name of the legion VII Claudia. In the storage space of the Turda History Museum there is additional evidence of the presence of a vexillation of the Legio VII Claudia in the fortress of Potaissa. These are two lydion bricks with this legion’s stamp (MIT inv. nos. 327, 884). The second lydion brick, fragmentary, comes from investigations in the fortress carried out by I. Țigăra in 1950-1952, in the same area where the altar ILD I 499 was discovered. Thanks to the epithets pia constans and the use of the term commanipulares we consider that the inscription from Potaissa ILD I 499 must be dated at the earliest at the time of Caracalla A possible moment would be at the beginning of Caracalla’s eastern expeditio, probably in the first half of 214 when he inspected the fortresses and forts on the Danube.