Taniec na Golgocie w medytacyjnym zbiorze Plęsy Jezusa z aniołami Marcina Hińczy

• Authors: Bielak Alicja

Title variants

EN

The Dance on the Golgotha in the Series of Meditations Plęsy Jezusa z aniołami by Marcin Hińcza

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the article is to present the 17th-century meditations of Jesuit Marcin Hińcza entitled Plęsy Jezusa z aniołami [Jesus Dancing with Angels] in the context of Ignatius of Loyola’s meditation method and the main topic of the work which is the cosmic dance. Hińcza used the dance metaphor in quite the paradoxical way, because as opposed to the moralistic writings of his times he didn’t criticise it but rather applied to explain allegorically God’s plan on earth and the idea of imitatio Christi. In the title of his work Hińcza used the word “pląs” which in Polish means: dancing, jumping, applauding and also triumphing. This variety of significations served the autor to present the cosmic meaning of Christ’s “dance”. In Plęsy Jezusa z aniołami Jesus has “jumped” from heavens to the womb of Virgin Mary, then he “jumped out” to the earth to run it around (as Logos), next He “jumped” upon the cross on Calvary and triumphantly made his last “jump” back to Heavens. According to the meditative idea of imitatio worshippers should imitate the angels in supporting the Saviour in his “leaps”. The interpretational background of the article are the New Testament apocrypha and the Church Fathers’ writings.

Keywords

PL

medytacja; jezuici; Marcin Hińcza; taniec; imitatio Christi; Ignacy Loyola

EN

Meditation; Jesuits; Marcin Hińcza; dance; imitatio Christi; Ignatius of Loyola

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
• Journal: Tematy i Konteksty
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 6(11)
• Pages: 302-316

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Bielak Alicja

• Uniwersytet Warszawski

Identifiers

ISSN

2299-8365