Open AccessKościół katolicki na Kresach południowo-wschodnich wobec odzyskiwania przez Polskę niepodległości
Author(s) -
Mieczysław Ryba
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
teka komisji historycznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1733-5388
DOI - 10.18290/teka.2018.15-3
Subject(s) - archbishop , ukrainian , armenian , political science , independence (probability theory) , economic history , ancient history , law , theology , religious studies , history , classics , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics
The article by Mieczysław Ryba describes the process of escalation of national conflicts in Eastern Galicia and a deepening religious conflict in this region. The author concludes that during the struggle for Polish independence throughout World War I, the Roman Catholic church had a clearly pro-Polish stance. The Uniate church, in turn, became a foundation for Ukrainian national movement with its explicitly anti-Polish sympathies. The rise of the Polish-Ukrainian conflict increased anti-Polish phobias and disagreements among Galician Uniates. The Armenian church, led by archbishop Józef Teodorowicz, a widely recognized Polish patriot, was one of the eastern churches with an unequivocally pro-Polish attitude.