Legal opinion on the legal status of the Institute of Philosophy and Theology  of Edith Stein in Zielona Gora  after the conclusion of a cooperation agreement with the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wroclaw on 14 May 2013 Guidelines for... Cover Image

Opinia prawna w sprawie statusu prawnego Instytutu Filozoficzno-Teologicznego im. E. Stein w Zielonej Górze po zawarciu przez uczelnię umowy o współpracy z Papieskim Wydziałem Teologicznym we Wrocławiu z 14 V 2013 r. w sprawie prowadzenia studiów...
Legal opinion on the legal status of the Institute of Philosophy and Theology of Edith Stein in Zielona Gora after the conclusion of a cooperation agreement with the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wroclaw on 14 May 2013 Guidelines for...

Author(s): Artur Mezglewski
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Prawa, Prawa Kanonicznego i Administracji
Keywords: ecclesiastical universities; qualifications to teach religion; theological studies; State-Church relations; Catholic Church

Summary/Abstract: The opinion refers to situations of one of the theological institutes run by the Catholic Church in Poland. The situation of the institute changed after the entry into force of the amendment to the Law on Higher Education made in 2011. According to the new law state universities cannot have local branches (including theological institutes). In turn, church authorities have a problem with the affiliation of theological institute to the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wroclaw because their decisions must be interpreted in the light of existing agreements the state – the church.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 355-361
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish