The allegorical meditation on the base of The Fasciculus of various prayer by Adam Opatowiusz

Authors

  • Marcin Godawa Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.267

Keywords:

Allegorization, allegory, Bible, experience, meditation, persuasion, rhetoric, biblical senses, spiritual life

Abstract

This article undertakes the issues of applying the allegorical method of withdrawing meanings from the biblical text during the meditation. It bases on The Fasciculus of various prayer (Fascykuł nabożeństwa różnego) by Adam Opatowiusz (1574–1647). The author used the ways of rhetorical allegorization and biblical theory of senses in order to realize the persuasive aims of prayer comprehended as means of spiritual growth. The rhetorical allegorization includes the relation between biblical senses and human experience, which results in four kinds of allegory: the biblical-biblical, biblical-experimental, experimental-biblical and experimental-experimental allegory. It helps in explaining, developing and referring the biblical meanings to spiritual life being also a pivot of reflection whereas the literary elements are subordinated to the spiritual matter.

Published

2009-03-31

How to Cite

Godawa, M. (2009). The allegorical meditation on the base of The Fasciculus of various prayer by Adam Opatowiusz. The Biblical and Liturgical Movement, 62(1), 11–23. https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.267

Issue

Vol. 62 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Articles

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