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Teofil (Bogusław) Rutka SJ (27 December 1622 in theKiev Voivodeship – 18 May 1700 inLwów) was a PolishJesuit,Rhetorician,philosopher,theologian andmissionary.
Teofil Rutka | |
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| Born | 27 December 1622 |
| Died | 18 May 1700(1700-05-18) (aged 77) Lwów,Ruthenian Voivodeship, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland |
| Occupation(s) | Rhetorician, philosopher, theologian, missionary |
Born in the region ofKyiv, he received hissecondary education (including a course in rhetoric and a two-year course in philosophy) at the Jesuit College inOstroh. On 13 August 1643, he joined the Jesuit Order inKraków and was ordainedpriest inPoznań in 1652. He was a professor of rhetorics, philosophy, polemical theology and moral theology in many Jesuit schools in Poland (in 1656–57 also in BohemianGłogów). He served as a professor in the years 1653–76, with short breaks for being a court missionary (1657–58, probably for the Inowrocław voievodeKrzysztof Żegocki), a missionary to theCrimean Khanate (1661), apoenitentiarius inLoreto (1663–64), and a missionary toConstantinople (1672–73). In the years 1676–1700 he served as a court missionary for the Ruthenian voievodeStanisław Jan Jabłonowski.
Rutka wrote inLatin, but he has also published translations of his works intoPolish. He is renowned mainly for his works on rhetorics, primarily for his tractatusRhetor polonus. He was a very prolific writer, beside of the rhetorics, an author of many polemical and ascetical works. Rutka was deeply interested in the problem of the relations between Eastern and Western Christianity, which was very vivid in the 17th century Poland, especially among the Jesuits. He wrote many books on the problem, especially on thefilioque question. He has also acted for conversion of theMuslims, writing some books on the subject and trying to promote the idea of a league against theOttoman Empire to be organized by the Christian monarchs.
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