Kantor, Robert2023-04-122023-04-122016The Person and the Challenges, 2016, Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 119-139.2083-8018http://theo-logos.pl/xmlui/handle/123456789/6058Artykuł w języku hiszpańskim.The concept of the city (civitas) does not necessarily have to mean an urban organization. It may mean a collection of localities, or a territory where some ethnic groups live (tribu). First of all, the development of personal structures happened initially in the families and was connected with a domestic cult. With time, several families used to make a separate group called fratria and a collection of them made up a tribu. This article shows how religion and a way of ruling affected the development of personal structures. Examples of this include are colonies and dioceses – personal structures of the Roman Empire. The task which lies before this article is to enlighten the reader that many of the modern personal structures, especially those deep -rooted in canon law, have had a source in ancient civitas. Present structures of Catholic Church have their basis on that original classification: a family, fratria, tribu. Today there exist: a parish, a vicariate forane, a diocese, and a collection of dioceses called an ecclesiastical province.esAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Polandhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/civitasconcept of the citypersonal structurestribuantiquityreligionfamilydomestic cultsChurch administrationkoncepcja miastastruktury osobowestarożytnośćreligiarodzinakulty domoweadministracja kościelnaconcepto de ciudadestructuras personalesadministrationadministracjaArticle