Potrydencki ideał życia zakonnego na przykładzie staropolskich żywotów św. Teresy od Jezusa
The Post-Trent model of religious life in old polish biographies of St. Therese of Jesus
Author(s): Bernadetta Puchalska-DąbrowskaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Therese of Jesus; hagiography; religious life; role model
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the figure of St. Therese of Jesus as a role model of religious life in selected works of post-Trent hagiography. The source material comprises of a biography included in the 1780 edition of Peter Skarga’s lives of saints and a collection of the lives of Carmelite saints by Fr. Philip of the Holy Trinity (1746). Besides the basic biographical content, the texts under discussion include characteristic features of Therese as a role model of a religious, following the Trent Council regulations. The article is published to commemorate the 500th anniversary of St. Therese’s birthday (1515-2015).
Journal: Rocznik Teologii Katolickiej
- Issue Year: 14/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 177-191
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish