MIKOLAJ z Mościscis (Moscicki). Theologia moralis. Kraków 1701, published by Mikołaj Aleksander Schedel.

MIKOŁAJ z Mościscis (Moscicki). Theologia moralis. Kraków 1701, published by Mikołaj Aleksander Schedel. [8], 157, 101, 52, [36] s.; 4°. Later cloth binding. Rare.

Estr. XV-XVIII, 22, 585-6. Collected edition of the works of Mikołaj z Mościsk (Mościcki), a Dominican friar, author of Polish ascetic-mystical terminology and the first analysis of prayer, medicine and contemplation in the history of Polish mystical thought. It contains four works: Elementa ad SS. Confessiones (manual of confession), Sacrae artis poenitentiariae Tirocinium (manual of penance), Examen approbandarum ad Sacras Confessiones accipiendas (on the conditions of a good confession), Tractatus de Matrimonio (treatise on marriage). The work opens with a dedication to Benedict Widerholt, Visitor and Vicar of the Carthusians. -Spine somewhat faded, out-of-date ownership stamps, handwritten notes on title page, pages soiled and dusty, traces of moisture in places .

Full title of the work with dedication to St. Trinity and St. Bruno (founder of the Carthusian order): "Sanctissimae Trinitati, nobilissimo SS. Trinitatis triclinio, Beatissimae V. M. Matri Dei, Magno Carthusianorum patriarchae, Sancto Brunoni, Theologia moralis, P. M. F. Nicolai Moscicensis, Ord. Praed. In tres Libros distincta, sc.: In Elementa ad S. Confessiones Sacrae Artis poenitentiae Tyrocinium. Examen approbandorum ad S. confessiones, accesserunt sententiae a Summis Pontificibus damnatae. Annotationes valde utiles. Quae autem: patet ex monitione ad lectorem. Praeter haec accessit Index alphabeticus in primum et secundum librum. Tractatus quoque de Matrimonio. Authore P. M. F. Ferdinando Ohm, alias Januszowski, Ord. Praed. Superiorum permissu."

Mikolaj of Moscic (1559-1632), "a famous theologian during the reign of Sigismund III, King of Poland, was a native of Moscic, a town once in the Ruskie Province, now in Galicia, from where he also took the name Nicol. Moscicensis, and which has the honor of having given birth to several people famous for their learning and writing work. Having entered the Dominican Order, he was there a teacher of philosophy and theology, and living in the Krakow convent he was a well-known confessor, so that the people flocked to him the most, and everyone wanted to boast that he had confessed before Father Nicholas." [For: Chodynicki Ignacy, Dykcyonarz uczonych Polaków, p. 129-130].