„Caritas pastoralis” jako urzeczywistnienie cnoty męstwa w wybranych pismach św. Józefa Sebastiana Pelczara
“Caritas Pastoralis” as a mirror of the virtue of fortitude in selected works of Saint Joseph Sebastian Pelczar

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the issue of reinterpreting the concept of courage (the virtue of for-titude) in selected works of Saint Joseph Sebastian Pelczar. Referring to the tools of ret-rospective analysis, it was first asked about the virtue of fortitude definition as proposedby Pelczar. Then the practical implications of implementing the virtue of fortitude inlight of the pastoral challenges of the Church, as seen from the perspective of the Bishopof Przemyśl, were sought. The task was also assumed to ‘actualize’ Pelczar’s recordedspiritual experience on the ground of practical theology, in the “caritas pastoralis” per-spective, making the virtue of fortitude viable in the realities of Church life. Based onthe study’s results, key conclusions and recommendations were also formulated. The‘pastoral call’, a treasure of Joseph Sebastian Pelczar’s spiritual meditations, addressedto his contemporaries, but also to today’s pastors, is still relevant. It is not ‘so much’ andnot ‘only’ about courage alone, but about courage flowing from love, and consistencycombined with gentleness, which constitute the authenticity of “caritas pastoralis”.

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