Jan Morawski
Jan Morawski was a Jesuit, theological writer.
Life
He was of yeomanry descent. His parents were perhaps Marcin and Katarzyna Godlewska. Jan entered the order on 9 November 1651 and after many years of studies was ordained priest. Then he has been lecturing in the Kalisz college and, for many years, in Poznań academy. In 1678 he became the rector in Jarosław and in 1680 the prefect of studies and a professor of moral theology, again in Poznań. In 1682 he became the prefect in Kraków, and next year, the rector and the master of novitiate there. In 1687 he was the deputy of the province for the XIIIth General Congregation in Rome. Next year the father general Thyrsus González de Santalla asked him of a report on the state of the province. This time Morawski was also engaged in ecumenical debates with the orthodoxes. In 1689 he became the rector in Poznań, and in 1696 the prefect and confessor there.Works
He is the author of numerous theological writings, both in Latin in Polish. The most important are:- Palaestra christianae pietatis
- Duchowna theologia abo Kościół Ducha Świętego, to jest człowiek doskonały
- Scintillae divini amoris
- Sancta Romana Ecclesia
- Quaestiones de Verbo Incarnato et de ejusdem admirabili Matre Virgine
- Quaestiones de Deo uno et trino
- Quaestiones theologicae selectae ad totam Summam divi Thomae Aquinatis
- Totius philosophiae principia
- many popular prayer and meditation books