Published: 2023-01-06

Factors Determining the Transformation of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland Towards the Community of Faith – “Koinonia”

Kazimierz Ogorzelec
Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.4844

Theological-Sociological Perspective

Abstract

The article is an attempt to indicate the factors determining the processes which may become the beginning of desirable changes in the Roman Catholic Church in Poland today, directed towards a real and authentic community of faith “koinonia”, both in the visible and spiritual reality. This is a theological-sociological study, the methodology of which is based on an analysis aimed at a social – creative diagnosis. In this analysis, scientific publications (theological, sociological) and press articles were used. Opinions and statements of people (mainly people of the Church, scientists, publicists, and journalists), presented in different mass media – in the Roman Catholic Church in Poland today – were also taken into consideration.

Keywords:

sociology of religion, the Roman Catholic Church, community of faith - koinonia, creative diagnosis

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Ogorzelec, K. (2023). Factors Determining the Transformation of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland Towards the Community of Faith – “Koinonia”: Theological-Sociological Perspective. Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego, 42(2), 95–119. https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.4844

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