The sources of the teaching of fr aleksander zienkiewicz about man and society

The author presents sources of the anthropology of Fr Aleksander Zien-kiewicz. These sources have been divided into the following groups: main personal patterns (his family and people he met during his study period at the Priests Seminary in Pinsk (Belarus today); Holy Scripture, teaching of the Church and great theologians; follow philosophers, psychologists and educa-tors; the next group consists of men of science and culture (scholars, poets and writers); finally – saints and national heroes. The author concludes that God and man was the main theme of the teaching of Fr Zienkiewicz. Both the im-age of God and of man, in his teaching were based on the Holy Scripture, the classical philosophy, theology, psychology, pedagogy and classical literature. © 2015, IWA Publishing. All rights reserved.