The Polemic on the Nature of Marriage in the Pages of the “Ateneum Kapłańskie” (“Priestly Atheneum”) with the Draft of the Marriage Law of the Codification Committee during the Interwar Period Cover Image

Polemika na temat natury małżeństwa na łamach „Ateneum Kapłańskiego” z projektem prawa małżeńskiego Komisji Kodyfikacyjnej w okresie międzywojennym
The Polemic on the Nature of Marriage in the Pages of the “Ateneum Kapłańskie” (“Priestly Atheneum”) with the Draft of the Marriage Law of the Codification Committee during the Interwar Period

Author(s): Kazimierz Skoczylas
Subject(s): Civil Law, Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Catholic Church; inter-war period; family; family law; journals; Ateneum Kapłańskie;

Summary/Abstract: After Poland regained its full independence, Polish families experienced many conditions that influenced their functioning. Family members were marked by low education, they experienced diseases and unemployment, therefore many of them, not finding decent living conditions, set off to emigrate. There were a lot of orphans after the First World War in Poland. The State tried to improve the fate of families to the best of its abilities. The creation of a new law, including the marriage and family law, was of great importance in the new Polish State made up of the areas which were the areas of the former Partitions. This was the task of the Codification Commission estab- lished by the State in 1919. It also prepared a draft of the family law published in 1931 which was under discussion. The Catholic community participated in the discussion of the draft of this law, and the Priestly Athenaeum within it. The Priestly Athenaeum dealt with wider family issues, going beyond the scope of the law in terms of content. However, the discussion in its pages on the draft of the matrimonial law of the Codification Commission played a large role in the Catholic environment. This discussion influenced the further course of the codification.

  • Issue Year: 27/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 57-78
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish