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"Boga potrzeba panowie, gdy się na wojnę wybieracie", czyli o sztuce dobrego bojowania w nauczaniu Fabiana Birkowskiego

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In his writings, the Old-Polish preacher, Father Fabian Birkowski, many a time made references to reality of war, with which he was familiar due to his services as the camp chaplain. Thus, military motifs can be found in his sermons that were delivered on different occasions. He taught the art of good fighting by, among others, recalling the glorious memory of sons of the Crown, both members of clergy and laity, recollecting historic events from the history of the nation, propagating the cult of saints and preaching the Gospel on particular Sundays of the liturgical year, and all these issues are discussed in this paper. The role model of homo militans, which was created by Fabian Birkowski, refers to both a soldier fighting with a weapon in his hand and a spiritual 'militant'.