Zarys historii powstania Kościoła Polskokatolickiego na tle Polskiego Narodowego Kościoła Katolickiego

Abstract

The article outlines the creation of the Polish National Catholic Church in the United States of America. It summarises the stages of gradual disconnection of Roman-Catholic communities from papal jurisdiction. Of the above-mentioned, three centres marked their presence the most on US soil; these were: Chicago, Buffalo and Scranton, where the largest and strongest community exists up to this moment. The article describes the ways in which the National Polish Catholic Church ideas were implemented on Polish soil during the inter-war period and during and after World War 2. Finally, it abbreviates and outlines the way in which Polish National Catholic Church was transformed, by the communist government, into a Polish-Catholic Church and its functioning in People’s Republic of Poland and until now.