Open AccessPrymas Stefan Wyszyński wobec pozornej normalizacji relacji państwo–Kościół pierwszych lat rządów Edwarda Gierka (1971-1974)
Author(s) -
Rafał Łatka
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
politeja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2391-6737
pISSN - 1733-6716
DOI - 10.12797/politeja.16.2019.60.22
Subject(s) - normalization (sociology) , politics , ideology , negotiation , communism , political science , law , sociology , social science
Primate Stefan Wyszyński’s Attitude towards the Apparent Normalization of State-church Relations in the First Years of Edward Gierek’s Rule (1971-1974)
The article describes primate Wyszyński’s view on the political situation in the Polish People’s Republic during the period of 1971-1974. It contains his attitude to the political system, communist ideology, and negotiations between the Holy See and the government of the Polish People’s Republic. Primate Wyszyński was a political visionary, who had a very realistic view on the political situation in Poland. It was visible in his relation to the normalization, which the authorities declared in the first part of Edward Gierek’s decade.