Edukacja misjonarzy dla krajów protestanckich w Alumnacie Papieskim w Braniewie (1579-1798)
Education of the missionaries for the Protestant countries in the Papal College in Braniewo (1579-1798)

Summary/Abstract: The author of the essay starts with a description of Jesuit colleges and their curricula from the 16th to the 18th centuries. He then presents the history of the seminary in Braniewo since its foundation in 1565 until its closure at the end of the 18th century. After that he proceeds to a detailed description of the Papal College in Braniewo, founded in 1576: its curriculum, organisation, rules and daily lives of the students. The main objective of the College was to train priests for missions in Protestant and Orthodox countries, in order to repel the teaching of M. Luther and Orthodox beliefs. It was the most important antireformation centre in Poland. Besides Polish students, there were many from Protestant and Orthodox countries. The College was closed in 1789.

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