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Kult św. Rocha w Dobrzeniu Wielkim jako reakcja na epidemie XVII-XIX w. (na przykładzie Opolszczyzny)

2021

For nearly four centuries, the cult of St. Roch in Dobrzeń Wielki has been nurtured. In 1658, a church was built there as a token of gratitude that the prayers of the faithful had been heard and the plague had stopped. Peoples responses to the epidemics which they had experienced varied widely. They were treated as misfortunes accompanying natural disasters, which resulted in poverty and hunger. They were also a consequence ofman-made wars. Their frequent occurrence was influenced by poor hygienic conditions in which they used to live. Doctors did not also have much experience in combating infectious diseases. They were often treated as a divine punishment for sins. Therefore, efforts were …

Shaping women's agency through temporality in "The life and activity of the holy and blessed teacher Syncletica"

2020

The present article attempts to discuss the relationship between two female characters, Thecla and Syncletica, against the wider theoretical background of temporality as it was perceived and construed through literary texts. Syncletica is portrayed as a ‘disciple’ of Thecla. However, while the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla appear to be pervaded with an eschatological expectation, the Life of Saint Syncletica shows signs of a different temporality. The detailed description of the whole life of Syncletica, with an emphasis on the course of illness, reveals a temporality more focused on the stages of life. Building on this evidence, I aim to identify a set of key features that…

Wpływ Kościoła katolickiego na dzieje i rozwój Śląska. Przyczynek do dyskusji nad rolą chrześcijaństwa w historii Śląska

2013

Wizerunek św. Floriana jako symbol heraldyczny w niektórych herbach polskich gmin i miast

2016

Wizerunek św. Floriana w porównaniu z wizerunkami innych świętych, obok św. Jerzego, jest jednym z najczęściej wykorzystywanych wizerunków w herbach polskich. Nasuwa się pytanie: Dlaczego tak się dzieje? Odpowiedź jest bardzo prosta. Otóż św. Florian to wzór człowieka nieugiętego w swoich przekonaniach, wzór wierności wyznawanej wiary, wzór męstwa, odwagi, ofiarności, który narażał się dla bliźnich, przyjaciół, chciał pomóc, chciał ulżyć w cierpieniu. Św. Florian, patron m.in. ludzi, którzy w trosce o życie, zdrowie i mienie bliźniego oraz środowisko walczą z pożarami i miejscowymi zagrożeniami, jest wciąż pamiętany i czczony w wielu zakątkach naszego kraju i poza nim, a pamięć ta jest okaz…

Reforma kalendarza i roku liturgicznego od Soboru Trydenckiego do Soboru Watykańskiego II

2021

The duty of the Church is to solemnly celebrate the saving work of Jesus Christ throughout the year on fixed days. Life has shown that feasts were gradually established through which the Mother of God, Mary, was honoured. In addition, there were introduced numerous commemorations of martyrs and other saints who became examples for successive generations of Christ’s followers how to heroically fulfil the principles contained in the Gospel. Thus, the liturgical year developed over the centuries as a result of a specific evolution influenced by various conditions. The dates and rules of celebrating particular celebrations were regulated by liturgical calendars. The process of development and a…

When other rules defend dissidents : the situation of Protestants and Orthodox Christians in the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth of the Saxon era

2018

The article address the problem of limiting the rights of Protestants and other non-Catholic Christian denominations during the reigns of two kings from the Wettin dynasty - King Augustus II (1697-1733). The process started as early as the second half of the 17th century, but it was fully accomplished in the years 1717-1736. In the article the author discussed the resolutions of the sejms and other legal acts introduced at that time, the aim of which was to eliminate dissenters from public life. The Polish monarchs were inert towards the process. It was the rulers of non - Catholic European states (Prussia, Russia and Great Britain) that helped Protestants an Orthodox Christans in Poland

Corpo a corpo. Agoni e danze cerimoniali nella Sicilia contemporanea

2018

the choreutical movements of the statues of saints are still today a constitutive and qualifying component of the ritual process of numerous Sicilian religious festivals, in particular those of Easter and the spring-summer ones of the patron saints. The races and dances of the Risen Christ and of the saints are generally accompanied by competitions, struggles, displays of virile attitudes, erotic allusions, the display of gold and evergreen fronds, the consumption of peculiar foods and desserts or a set of ritual symbols of an orgiastic nature which, in referring to an experience of the agro-pastoral world, appear as originally intended to celebrate and promote, at critical moments, the cos…

Donne e Sante: vestiti, orli e gioielli nella statuaria lignea femminile del Cinquecento nella Sicilia Occidentale

2015

Il contributo esamina la decorazione di alcune statue lignee del Cinquecento e del Seicento della Sicilia Occidentale che, al pari di quelle dell'altra parte dell'Isola, offrono, malgrado ci siano giunti pochi esempi rispetto a quelli citati nei documenti, una significativa campionatura sulla ricchezza delle vesti. La decorazione dei simulacri, quasi sempre affidata all'oro e a pochi e simbolici colori, secondo la tecnica dell'estofados, riflette talvolta il gusto dell'epoca. Nel saggio, infatti, si esaminano statue femminili, perlopiù Madonne e Sante venerate nell'Isola, che, scampate all'incuria del tempo o alle drastiche ridipinture dei secoli passati e anche recenti, mostrano finissime …