Rev. Mieczysław Brzozowski’s School-leaving Examination Certificate. An Editorial Study

Abstract

The late Rev. Mieczysław Jacek Brzozowski is an important figure of Polish pastoral theology with homiletics as his specialty. His research and didactic work that was done in the Lublin circle considerably influenced the shape of Polish homiletics in the 20^th century. The present discussion is a result of editorial study of Rev. Brzozowski’s school-leaving examination certificate. This means that it is a study of a document containing various kinds of information that may allow looking at it from the angle of the times in which it was issued. And first of all it may allow learning about the document itself – about its contents and its form. So this is not a historical study—there are no descriptions or interpretations of facts. It may only serve historians as an aid. Editorial work that has been done on the basis of the analyzed document seems to be a valuable complement of the knowledge of Rev. Brzozowski himself, as well as of Polish education in the middle of the 20^th century. The document that only has one copy has been recorded in the form of an academic study. In this way its contents may be accessible to many potential recipients.