Kościół w myśli błogosławionego ks. Jerzego Popiełuszki

Abstract

The Church, according to the blessed Fr Jerzy Popiełuszko, a contemporary Polish martyr, is perceived as a community of the People of God. This community is united with God and exists in the society amid the persecution coming from the totalitarian regime. For this Warsaw martyr, the Church is a unique reality in which the essential position of the person, ethics, being and charity must be continuously emphasized for they indicate God and man and specify the ways to perform the mission of Christ in the world. Although the Church on Earth undergoes suffering, it brings hope even so. The mission of the Church is performed on the basis of its sacramental service, especially on the basis of the everyday Eucharist. The Church is also a community helping to grow to martyrdom. The teaching of the blessed Fr Jerzy Popiełuszko is in line with the personalistic Ecclesiology. For him, the care for the society built by persons equals the care for the Church and its world mission.