Idea unii kościelnej czy jedności Kościoła? O polisemantyczności dyskursu w polsko-ruskiej polemice religijnej w dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (2 poł. XVI-XVII w.)
The Concept of Church Union or Church Unity? On the Polysemantic Nature of Discourse in the Polish-Ruthenian Religious Polemics in the Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth (2nd half of the 16th-17th Century)

Summary/Abstract: Controversies regarding the proclamation and the consequences of the Union of Brest (1596) were reflected in extensive historical, polemical and religious literature that was created in the Commonwealth of Both Nations over several decades (2nd half of the 16th-17th century). There was a heated dispute between the representatives of the Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The article highlights the use of similar arguments by each of the parties to this religious-political conflict which, however, were given different meanings depending on various ecclesiological, historical and cultural perspectives of the authors of a statement. Thus, in practice, religious polemics became a discussion aimed at strengthening the position of representatives of one’s own party, instead gaining supporters among opponents.

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