Chłopowiec, Michał (Papieski Wydział Teologiczny we Wrocławiu, 2018)
The Church in early medieval Ireland had its own specificity strongly determined by geographical isolation that contributed to the development of local conception and practices. This became visible in different fields of religious activity. A kind of spirituality different from a continental one, as well as different organisation of the church life, was shaped there. The latter resulted from the dominance of monasteries and solutions recommended by them. This dominance led to marginalization of the significance and authority of bishops. Autonomic, dependent on monk communities, decision centres appeared that were therefore liable to deformation.
