Ksiądz Michał Sopoćko jako teolog pastoralista

Abstract

The paper deals with the didactic, formative, and scientific activity in pastoral theology of the Venerable Rev. Michał Spoćko (1888-1975). He is well-known mainly as the confessor of St. Faustyna Kowalska, the Apostle of Divine Mercy. His didactic and literary accomplishments are significant, but they have not been studied and presented yet in the milieu of pastoral theologians. In his formative activity and theological-pastoral reflection Rev. M. Sopoćko sought to make people sensitive to the supernatural goal of life and help them to accomplish it. He was well prepared for his learned work through his university studies. He was a thorough, critical, and demanding scholar. His literary output has played an essential role in propagating the devotion to Divine Mercy and contributed to the development of pastoral theology in Poland.