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„Łodź wiary prawdziwej”. Wyznaniowe oblicze Pieśni pokutnych Olbrychta Karmanowskiego

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Ziembiński J.

Odrodzenie i Reformacja w Polsce

2012

vol. 56

„Łodź wiary prawdziwej”. The Denominational Character of Penitential Songs (Pieśni pokutne) by Olbrycht KarmanowskiThe article is an attempt to describe the denominational character of the cycle of fifteen penitential elegies (Penitential Songs) by Olbrycht Karmanowski – a clerk and a courtier as well as one of the most prominent poets in the milieu of Radziwiłł of Birże. So far he has been almost unanimously thought to belong to the Socinian church of Polish Brethren. A fragment of a letter written by the Socinian minister Krzysztof Lubieniecki the Younger to Piotr Sieniuta (1636) characterizes Karmanowski as a convert to Calvinism who, however, has not dispensed with his doubts about the new faith and is still looking back to his previous denomination. Penitential Songs reflects this state of uncertainty. In the philosophical content of the cycle one can find such elements as man’s possibility of autocreation, the importance of deeds in the perspective of salvation, which are not in agreement with the system of Calvinist orthodoxy. The cycle also contains elements (the pessimistic view of man’s abilities, the role of the sacrifice of blood of Christ–the Mediator) which don’t seem to conform to the principles of Socinian theology although its author seems to have accepted the Socinian view of christology. Karmanowski’s penitential poems focus on the expression of emotions and are driven more by Psalmic inspiration than by accordance to doctrine. The elements which can be pigeonholed as “doctrinal” appear only casually, while David’s speech of repentance remains the main expression of the penitent’s own confessions. Karmanowski’s penitential poems focus on the expression of emotions and are driven more by the Psalmic inspiration than by the accordance with the doctrine. The elements which can be pigeonholed as “doctrinal” appear only casually, while the speech of repenting David remains the main expression of the pennitent’s own confessions.

Manu propria. Wpis Olbrychta Karmanowskiego do Liber amicorum Andrzeja Lubienieckiego

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Ziembiński J.

Odrodzenie i Reformacja w Polsce

2013

vol. 57

Manu propria. Olbrycht Karmanowski’s entry to Andrzej Lubeniecki’s Liber amicorumThe article concerns Olbrycht Karmanowski’s entry to Andrzej Lubieniecki’s album. The book of friends (Liber amicorum, now stored in Czartoryski Library in Cracow) of Andrzej Lubieniecki, who was a respected writer and Antitrinitarian activist, is a unique object. One can find there the entries of almost all intellectual élite of the Congregation – its ordinary members as well as sympathizers who visited the New Jerusalem of the Polish Brethren. Karmanowski’s entry consists of the proper text and his dedication to Lubieniecki. The main part of the entry was probably taken from some compendium of loci communes. It refers to the Platonic topoi of the world as theatre and philosophy as a preparation to death. It is followed by two Latin aphorisms and their Polish translations in verse added by the poet. These poems are the only poetic autograph of Karmanowski which has been preserved. Karmanowski’s entry to Lubieniecki’s album became an important fact in the poet’s biography reconstructed with difficulty from the few documents preserved. It was also the basis of the introduction of a Socinian thread to it. The article argues with the idea of Karmanowski’s too close connection with the milieu of Raków Congregation (e.g. his alleged studies in Raków College and permanent residence in Raków). It also argues with the place of Stanisław Kurosz (a member of the Congregation and one of the most trusted man of Krzysztof Radziwiłł) in Karmanowski’s biography.

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„Łodź wiary prawdziwej”. Wyznaniowe oblicze Pieśni pokutnych Olbrychta Karmanowskiego

Manu propria. Wpis Olbrychta Karmanowskiego do Liber amicorum Andrzeja Lubienieckiego