Konflikt władzy kościelnej i państwowej na Warmii w kontekście dogmatu o nieomylności papieża
The Conflict Between the Church and the State Authorities in Warmia Concerning the Dogma of Papal Infallibility

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The scientific objective of this paper is to present the conflict between the Church and the state authorities, whose cause was the reception of the dogma of papal infallibility. The bishop of Warmia imposed canonical sanctions on the priests in his diocese who rebelled against the dogma. Their effects went beyond the Church’s internal discipline and encroached on an area of state authority. The dispute between the Church and state in the educational turned into a conflict which lasted many years. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The research problem focuses on the competence of the secular and Church authorities regarding individuals who were formally members of the hierarchical structure of the Church but who were also state officials. The method used is a critical source analysis, using existing studies. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The educational and academic consortium in Braniewo became the focus of all the factors of controversy around the dogma of papal infallibility. Futile reconciliation efforts made by the bishop of Warmia led to radical sanctions. In the opinion of the state authorities, it was a violation of the common rules of the state of law and provoked actions aimed at solving the dispute on the administrative level. RESEARCH RESULTS: The dispute within the Church turned into a conflict between the spiritual and secular authorities on the principles of coexistence of the two orders within the state of law. The administrative sanctions against the top hierarchs, were only temporary effects of the conflict in Warmia, which started the prolonged struggle between the Prussian state and the Catholic Church, called kulturkampf. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Friendly relations between the Church and state require permanent communication and consultations. They should produce a precisely specified catalogue of acceptable criteria of coexistence and mutually agreed on axiology.

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