Kongregacje w dekanacie puckim na podstawie księgi z lat 1728‒1779

Abstract

Praktyka odbywania kongregacji dekanalnych w diecezji włocławskiej i pomorskiej sięga 1568 r. Dokładny ich regulamin ustalił bp Maciej Łubieński w 1634 r. Miały się one odbywać dwa razy w roku, od wschodu słońca aż do wieczora. Odprawiano na nich część ascetyczną, dyscyplinarną i samokształceniową. Nieobecność nieusprawiedliwiona pociągała karę 15 grzywien. W XVIII w. spotkania odbywały się raz na dwa lata. Program pozostał ten sam, złagodzono kary za nieobecność. Z treści księgi wynika obopólną niechęć kapłanów diecezjalnych i cystersów oliwskich. Oskarżali się oni wzajemnie o oszczerstwa i brak gorliwości w służbie Bożej, rozważali nauczanie Kościoła i zasady prawa kanonicznego.

The custom of organizing dean’s congregational seminars became popular in the Church after the Trent Council. As far as the Wloclawek and Pomeranian dioceses are concerned, they were first mentioned at the diocese synod held by Bishop Stanislaw Karnkowski in 1568. The most precise regulations as to how they should be organized were given by Bishop Maciej Lubienski in 1634. They were to be held twice a year, from sunrise to sunset. They were divided into three parts, namely ascetic, disciplinary and self‑study. Unjustified absence was to be subject to a fine of 15” grzywna” (units of currency). In the 18th c.the frequency of meetings went down to one in every two years. Although the agenda remained the same, the punishment for absence was commuted to 1 florin. We can draw a conclusion that there was a mutual dislike between diocese priests and the Cistercian monks from Oliwa, who manned two parishes in the Puck deanery. They accused each other of slander and lack of zeal in God’s service. During the educational part of meetings they discussed the ecclesial teaching and the regulations of Canon Law pertaining to the sacred sacraments such as the Eucharist, the sacrament of penance, the last rites and the sacrament of marriage. They were able to cite some documents of the Trent Council as well as the Canon Law and some theologians, mainly of the Jesuit Order, whose works they had studied at the seminary.