„Mimowolny stabilizator”. Kościół rzymskokatolicki jako gwarant bezpieczeństwa wewnętrznego PRL

• Authors: Juliusz Sikorski

Title variants

EN

“The involuntary stabilizer”. The Roman Catholic Church as the guarantor of internalsecurity of the People’s Republic of Poland

Abstracts

EN

We see the Roman Catholic Church in the People’s Republic of Poland as a victim of a totalitarian and authoritarian system. This is understandable. However, as a subject of internal politics, during the system’s construction or later in periods of unrest, the Church played an important role in defusing social problems and tensions. This was something the communist authorities very much counted on. Such actions also legitimised usurpers who had no real social support. This was the case both in the first years after the end of the war, when, for example, there was the complicated problem of settling the acquired lands, and in the years of political turmoil and breakthroughs. The Church, as an institution headed by the Primate and the Episcopate, tried to calm social moods in these critical moments. This resulted from a sense of responsibility for the nation and the state, whatever it might be. In this way, he contributed to stabilising the country’s internal security in times of crisis.

Keywords

EN

the Roman Catholic Church; the People’s Republic of Poland; interial security; community security; social security; cultural security; political security

• Publisher: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim
• Journal: Język. Religia. Tożsamość
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 2 (24) A
• Pages: 363-380

Contributors

author

Juliusz Sikorski

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0015.6257

Biblioteka Nauki

1929451