Naród w nauczaniu kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego

Abstract

Having performed the function of primate for 33 years, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński has come down in the history of both the Church and Poland. As a person of unquestionable authority, he voiced his opinions on ecclesiastical and national issues. It was his standpoint on nation that provided the subject of the lecture given at the Theological Seminary in Bydgoszcz at the inauguration ceremony of the academic year 2011/2012. The concept of nation presented at the lecture demonstrates his strong ties with the Church on the one hand and reveals a unique theology of nation expressed by the Church on the other. This bond was clearly manifested and further shaped through the implementation of a pastoral programme known as the Grand Novena held prior to the Christian millennial celebrations in Poland, which highlighted the major points of Primate Wyszyński’s theology and pedagogy towards the nation.