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Hieronim Moskorzowski or Moskorzewski, also known as Moscorovius, Jarosz Moskorzowski, pseudonymy: Eusebius, Medicus, Nobilis, Subditus Fidelis (c. 1560 in Moskorzew – 1625 in
Raków, Kielce County Raków is a village in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Raków. It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately south-east of the regional ...
) was an administrator of the
Racovian Academy The Racovian Academy ('' la, Gymnasium Bonarum Artium'') was a Socinian school operated from 1602 to 1638 by the Polish Brethren in Raków, Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland. The communitarian Arian settlement of Raków was founded in 1569 ...
, writer, polemicist, and member of the
Polish Brethren The Polish Brethren (Polish: ''Bracia Polscy'') were members of the Minor Reformed Church of Poland, a Nontrinitarian Protestant church that existed in Poland from 1565 to 1658. By those on the outside, they were called "Arians" or "Socinians" (, ' ...
.


Biography

Moskorzowski was born in 1560 in Moskorzew, near Szczekocin. He came from a noble family, received a comprehensive education, and became involved with the movement of the Polish Brethren. Unlike the older generation of the ''Ecclesia Minor'' he was involved in politics and as a member of the
Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...
repeatedly defended the rights of minority believers and dissenters there. At the ''zjazd'' meeting of the nobility in Lublin (4 June 1606) he objected to the revolt of the nobility against the king and senators, and was elected to the committee that put together the articles of a request for nobles to the king. He spent time in
Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
in 1610, and in 1611 was delegated to the Lithuanian provincial synod. He participated in the Zebrzydowski Rebellion. He married Regina Dudycz, daughter of Andreas Dudith.


Works

He prepared the Polish and Latin text of the 1605
Racovian Catechism The Racovian Catechism ('' Pol.'': Katechizm Rakowski) is a nontrinitarian statement of faith from the 16th century. The title ''Racovian'' comes from the publishers, the Polish Brethren, who had founded a sizeable town in Raków, Kielce County, ...
, which
Fausto Sozzini Fausto Paolo Sozzini, also known as Faustus Socinus ( pl, Faust Socyn; 5 December 1539 – 4 March 1604), was an Italian theologian and, alongside his uncle Lelio Sozzini, founder of the Non-trinitarian Christian belief system known as Socinian ...
, who died in 1604, did not manage to complete. He worked together with
Piotr Stoiński Jr. Piotr Stoiński Jr. (1565-1605) was a Polish Socinian Unitarianism, Unitarian writer. Piotr was the son of Pierre Statorius (in Polish also Piotr Stoiński) the French Unitarian grammarian who emigrated to Poland wrote the first grammar of Polish. ...
and Jan Völkel. In 1605, Moskorzowski translated the ''Cathecism'' into Latin.


As author

* ''Oratio qua continetur brevis calumniarum depulsio, quibus premuntur illi qui in doctrina Christi et Apostolorum studium suum posuerunt... Ad regem et senatores fidelis subditi''. Kraków: drukarnia A. Rodeckiego, 1595. * ''Odpowiedź na script Przestrogą nazwany, który X. Jan Petrycy, minister zboru na Jodłowie, wydał w roku 1600''. Raków, 1606. * ''Zniesienie zawstydzenia, które X.
Piotr Skarga Piotr Skarga (less often Piotr Powęski; 2 February 1536 – 27 September 1612) was a Polish Jesuit, preacher, hagiographer, polemicist, and leading figure of the Counter-Reformation in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Due to his oratorica ...
, jezuita, wnieść niesłusznie na zbór Pana Jezusa Nazareńskiego usiłował''. Raków, 1607. * ''Zniesienie Wtorego zawstydzenia, które X. Piotr Skarga, jezuita, na zbór Pana Jezusa Nazareńskiego wnieść usiłował''. Raków, 1610. * ''Refutatio Appendicis, quam
Martinus Smiglecius Martinus Smiglecius (another Latin variant: ''Martinus Leopolitanus'', also pl, Marcin Śmiglecki, lt, Martynas Smigleckis; 11 November 1564 – 26 or 28 July 1618) was a Polish Jesuit philosopher and logician, known for his erudite scholast ...
jesuita... Hieronimo Moscorovio opposuit'', Raków: drukarnia S. Sternackiego, 1613. * ''Odpowiedź na książkę X. Gurskiego, którą Wyjawieniem niewstydu ariańskiego nazwał''. n.p., 1617. * ''Refutatio libri de baptismo Martini Smiglecii jesuitae''. Raków, 1617. * ''Defensio animadversionum Fausti Socini'', Raków: drukarnia S. Sternacki, 1618. * with W. Smalcius, ''O pobudkach i środkach do połączenia się arianów z menonitami''. Unpublished manuscript in the Acts of the Socinian Synod.


As editor

* Socyn, F. ''De statu primi hominis ante lapsum disputatio''. Raków: drukarnia S. Sternackiego, 1610. * Socyn, F. ''Explcationes et paraphrases variorum scripturae locorum''. Raków, 1614 * Socyn, F. ''Concionis Christi explicatio''. Raków: drukarnia S. Sternackiego, 1616. * Socyn, F. ''Explcatio primae partis capitis Evangelii Joannis''. Raków: drukarnia S. Sternackiego, 1618. * ''Disputatio Joannis Stoienscii cum Joanne Maria carmelita''. Raków: drukarnia S. Sternackiego, 1618.


Disputed authorship

* ''Philopolites, to jest Miłośnik Ojczyzny, albo o powinności dobrego obywatela, ojczyźnie dobrze chcącego i onę miłującego, krótki traktat''. Kraków, 1588. * ''Katechizm zboru tych ludzi, którzy...''. Raków, 1605; new ed., Raków, 1619.Preface reprinted by Pasierbiński, 139-52. ** The so-called
Racovian Catechism The Racovian Catechism ('' Pol.'': Katechizm Rakowski) is a nontrinitarian statement of faith from the 16th century. The title ''Racovian'' comes from the publishers, the Polish Brethren, who had founded a sizeable town in Raków, Kielce County, ...
. Moskorzowski is the author of the dedication to
James I of England James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland as James I from the Union of the Crowns, union of the Scottish and Eng ...
in the English translation of the ''Cathecism''. * ''Zawstydzenie księdza Skargi abo animadversie na książkę księdza Skargi, jezuity, którą zawstydzeniem arianów nazwał''. Raków, 1606. ** Most likely, the author is Valentinus Smalcius, but in Moskorzowski claims authorship in ''Refutatio Appendicis, quam Martinus Smiglecius jesuita... Hieronimo Moscorovio opposuit''. * ''Wtóre zawstydzenie x. Skargi abo odpis na potworną książkę jego której dał tytuł: "Mesyasz nowych arianów wedle Alkoranu tureckiego... Roku 1615"''. n.p., n.d. ** Authorship attributed by Estreicher.


References


Bibliography

* ''Bibliografia Literatury Polskiej – Nowy Korbut'', vol. 2 Piśmiennictwo Staropolskie, 542–44. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1964. * Chmaj, L. ''Bracia Polscy - Ludzie, idee, wpływy''. Warszawa: PWN, 1957. * Pasierbiński, Tadeusz. ''Hieronim z Moskorzowa Moskorzowski''. Warszawa, 1931. * Tync, S. "Wyższa szkoła braci polskich w Rakowie. Zarys jej dziejów (1602-1638)." In ''Studia nad arianizmem''. Warszawa, 1959. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moskorzowski, Hieronim 1560 births 1625 deaths Polish Unitarians Polish nobility Polish non-fiction writers Polish male non-fiction writers