Teologiczne podstawy ukrytego życia zakonnego według bł. Honorata Koźmińskiego

Abstract

The political situation of the country in the nineteenth century contributed to the establishment of a new form of order life - religious orders without habit - whose initiator was the blessed Honorat Koźmiński. An integral part of these orders was to imitate the hidden life of the Saviour and His Mother. The Founder found a justification for this kind of life in the Gospel. He grounded it on the profound theological foundations, pointing to the internal values: the Mystery of Nazareth. He also pointed to the soteriological aspect and prophetic character of these orders, believing the hidden life order to be the work Of Divine Providence. He found a confirmation of this kind of life in the examples of many saints. The conception of the hidden life order has survived up to now, despite the changing external conditions, and it finds a general acceptance.