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Annual meetings of the Historical Section of the Polish Theological Society play an extremely integrational function for the Polish historians of the church. Their ftieth anniversary which took place in 2014 is without doubt a good oppor- tunity to re ect on the historiographical achievements of each center and reveal the rich spectrum of research that is conducted in them. This is also the nature of this article, which presents the following research centers of the past of the church, both universal and Polish: the Institute of church History at the catholic Univer- sity of Lublin, the Institute of History at the Faculty of History and Social Scienc- es of the University of cardinal Stefan Wyszynski in Warsaw and the centers in Wrocław, Opole, Katowice, Olsztyn, Pelplin, Płock, Włocławek, Gniezno, Poznań, Białystok, Częstochowa and Łomża.
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The Institute of History of the church and Patrology of the John Paul II catho- lic University of Lublin was built in 1964. Its structure and curriculum are based on the Department of church History at the Gregorian University in Rome. The creators of the Institute were fathers prof. Marian Rechowicz and prof. Mieczysław Żywczyński. Especially the rst one developed a structure schema and education program. The historiographical achievements of the Institute consist of different topics from the history of the church in Poland and in the world. Let us list, for example: the history of Polish theological thought, relationship church – state in Europe during the times of the French Revolution and in the post-revolutionary era, structure and organization of the church in Poland, including individual dio- ceses, Old Polish ecclesiastical archives, the editing of the Polish Nunciature act, formation for the priesthood in medieval Poland, church under Prussian rule, es- pecially in times of Kulturkampf and the church in the Third Reich, reception of the post-Tridentine reform of the church in Poland, the theological thought of Gregory of Nazianzus, clement of Alexandria, Tertullian and St.. cyprian, Polish clergy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries., church libraries in the days of old Poland. Among the common achievements of members of the Institute is the three-volume work History of Catholic theology in Poland (Lublin 1974 to 1977), prepared under the editorship of Fr. Prof. Rechowicz and prepared under the ed- itorship of Fr. Professor Zygmunt Zielinski Religious life in Poland under Nazi occupation 1939-1945, (Warsaw 1982) and Religious life in occupied Poland from 1939 to 1945. Metropolises Vilnius and Lviv, orders, (Katowice 1992). The works carried out at the Institute are usually published in “Annals of Theology” (Volume 4 devoted to the history of the church), and the yearbook “The church in Poland. History and culture”.
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At the ATK/UKSW (Academy of catholic Theology / University of cardinal Stefan Wyszyński) academic centre in Warsaw researchers, who are responsible for teaching church History have published monographs, articles, academic handbooks and textbooks which broadened historiography in the area of church History. Over the past fty years the professors at the university have supervised many doctoral candidates. Their academic output covers topic including monasteriology, which concentrates on history of religious orders, for example: Franciscans, Paulines, canons Regular, carmelites, Michaelites, and others both male and female. Work also includes publications biographies (mainly bishops) and hagiography, the history of the church in Poland, history of dioceses, parishes, church organization and history of religious life of local communities plus editing of sources. The main feature of this academic society is, as can be seen from the scienti c output, is that they mostly concentrate their researches and publications on the history of religious congregations.
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The corpus of writings by Polish church historians after 1945 in Lower Silesia is undoubtedly signi cant. One of the outstanding church historians was surely Bishop Wincenty Urban, who presided at the meetings of Polish historians and at conferences for 23 years. For many years he held managerial positions at the Archdiocesan Archives and Museum in Wrocław and at the chapter Library in Wrocław, and his important works in archival studies and library science were continued by his successors: Rev. Prof. Józef Mandziuk, and especially by Rev. Prof. Józef Pater. Academic research about Silesia and church history in Silesia was the eld of interest for the following professors: Bishop Wincenty Urban, Rev. Józef Mandziuk, Rev. Józef Pater, Rev. Józef Swastek, Rev. Władysław Bochnak, Rev. Antoni Kiełbasa (with a special emphasis on promoting the person and cult of St. Hedwig and her shrine in Trzebnica), and Rev. Tadeusz Fitych. This research bore fruit in their writings, in their teaching at the Ponti cal Faculty of Theology in Wrocław, and in their collaboration with other academic centers. Other researchers into the catholic church in Lower Silesia focused on the history of the religious in- stitute of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth and of the Society of Jesus in that area (Rev. Prof. Zdzisław Lec), on parish and local structures (Rev. Prof. Mieczysław Kogut, Rev. Dr. Hab. Norbert Jerzak), on the local history on the diocesan level (Rev. Dr. Stanisław Kusik), on history of religious institutes and history of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Wrocław (Rev. Dr. Hab. Tomasz Błaszczyk) or on pastoral, church and political aspects of the activities of cardinal Adolf Bertram, archbishop of Wrocław (1914-1945) and President of the Bishops’ conference of Fulda (1920-1945) (Rev. Dr. Hab. Michał Piela SDS, Prof. PWT). Among the achievements there are also works of some passionate amateur historians, such as Rev. Wacław Sztelelnicki, protonotary apostolic, who focused on the history of the Archdiocese of Wrocław and of the Archdiocese of Lviv, and Prelate Stefan Wó- jcik, author of important studies in the history of the church in the Archdiocese of Wrocław. This important heritage of the church historiography in Lower Silesia is continued successfully by young historians.
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Upper Silesian church historians come from and generally concentrate on two scienti c communities: the Faculty of Theology of the University of Opole and the Faculty of Theology of the University of Silesia in Katowice. As they point out, their postwar heritage is common, as most of them took specialist studies at the Faculty of Theology of the catholic University of Lublin. Taking up the subject of the church history in Silesia the historians refer somehow to the famous Wroclaw’s historical school established at the Faculty of catholic Theology at the University. The characteristic of the two centers, both in Katowice and Opole, summarizes the most important scientific achievements of their representatives in the postwar peri- od. But this is not the full number of historians, but rather the characteristics of the most important representatives of both schools, mainly from the academic world.The activities of both universities are independent and we cannot talk about one Upper Silesian historical school. We should rather talk about one postwar Polish school of church historians whose representatives associated with Upper Silesia mainly devoted their historiographic output to the history of the local church. Broader activities at the universal church level are less present in their work as writers, but there is no shortage of topics relating to the universal church. It is rather the merit of individual historians and their activities on a wider level than just literary and educational action.
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The church historiography centres In Pelplin, Płock and Włocławek during the past fty years were continuing the work of the great predecessors, rooted strongly in archive sources, by describing the history of the local church on the wide historical background of the whole church and nation.Each of described historians wrote tens of biograms of the diocesan clergy. In Pelplin Rev. Anastazy Nadolny (over 330 publications) deals mainly with the pastoral work for Polish society in Austria and Germany. In Płock Rev. Michał Grzybowski (about 800 publications) publishes in two editorial series: “Materiały do Dziejów Ziemi Płockiej” and “Teksty źródłowe do dziejów województwa płockiego: z archiwów diecezjalnych płockich XIX wieku”. He also works out the history of education in the Mazowsze region. Rev. Tadeusz Żebrowski deals mainly with the church in the medieval ages but also the Płock church in XVI and XVII century, paying special attention to diocesan institutions. In Włocławek Rev. Witold Kujawski (about 200 publications) worked out the outline of the history of the Włocławek diocese and monographies of several dozen oldest parishes in the Kujawy region. The main subjects of the publications of Rev. Kazimierz Rulka (about 300 publications) are library science, bibliography and periodicals. Rev. Wojciech Frątczak (over 360 publications) deals with modern and contemporary period of the history of the Włocławek diocese (the rst position takes the period of the second world war).
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The interest in the history of the catholic church in Warmia, Mazury and Powiśle can be traced back to prewar times. After World War II, the tradition connected with the educational centre of Braniewo was continued. The major part of articles on history was published during the times of the Polish People’s Re- public in the periodical named Studia Warmińskie (The Warmia Studies). After the creation of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warmia (1992), studies pertaining to the church history of particular regions, deaneries and parishes became more important. During the last fty years, the studies have concentrated on such issues as editing, translation, history of (arch)dioceses, topics related to prominent representatives of the local church (cardinal Stanislaus Hosius, Bishop Martin cromer, Nicolaus copernicus, Ignacy Krasicki), priests, Saint Bruno and Saint Adalbert, the blessed Dorothea of Montau and Regina Protmann, gatherings, diocese institutions, the history of parishes and churches, national and linguistic conditioning, research on books and parish schooling.
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Gniezno and Poznan in the last half-century strengthened as two separate centers of historical and ecclesiastical thought. It’s enough to recall the names of Gniezno historians of the church: Fr. Marian Aleksandrowicz, Father casimir Smigiel, Father czeslaw Pesta, Father Luke Krucki and Jadwiga Ryl and then add the people who practice this discipline in the Poznań center: Fr. Stefan Hain, Don. Marian Banaszak, Father Feliks Lenort, Father Konrad Latyński, Father Edward Nawrot, Father Bernard Kolodziej Tchr, Father Leszek Wilczynski, Father Peter Neumann OCD and Father Paul Zając OMI to see that the scope of their in uence exceeded far beyond Greater Poland. Existence in the wider scienti c community depended on the raised issues that touched both the origins of the church in Poland and later times – the old Polish ecclesiastical organization, the position of the church under Prussian rule and the reborn Polish Republic, the extermination of the clergy during the last war and the persecution of individuals and church institutions during the communist era. The work of Greater Poland’s historians endeared them universal acclaim, which simultaneously resulted in receiving invitations to participate in a number of conferences, symposiums and scienti c sessions. By participating in them they illustrated their previous achievements, while stressing the importance of the catholic church in the history of Greater Poland and the whole of the Polish state.
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Throughout the history of the Diocese (since 1925), and then the Archdiocese of częstochowa (since 1992), there was a development in many research initiatives, including historical sciences. The ourishing institutions such as the Archives of the Archdiocese of Częstochowa, Archives of the Metropolitan curia, the Diocesan Library, the Seminary, the Institute of Theology and the Bachelor Section of Ecclesiology and Mariology had its impact on the constitution of the quali ed historians employed on managing and teaching positions (i.a.: Fr. Jacek Kapuściński PhD, Fr. Roman Nir PhD, Fr. Walenty Patykiewicz PhD, Fr. Mariusz Terka PhD, Fr. Czesław Tomczyk PhD, Fr. Władysław Wlaźlak PhD, Assistant Professor; Fr. Paweł Wolnicki PhD, Assistant Professor; Fr. Prof. Jerzy Wolny, Fr. Sławomir Zabraniak PhD, Assistant Professor and Fr. Prof. Jan Związek). The research of these historians included a wide range of problem, and an important part of them was the past of the church in częstochowa. The ones who supported the historians, by publishing a wide range of historical books, were also priests from parish ministry. Thus, in the early 80’s the diocesan center of historical research was formed in Częstochowa. Moreover, an important place in this process was occupied by the activity of some local scientific societies (Scientific Seminar of Theologians of Archdiocese of częstochowa and Polish Theological Society in Kraków – Department of Częstochowa) and the editors of scienti c journals (“Częstochowskie Studia Teologiczne” and “Veritati et caritati”). The importance of this center increased sharply when its representatives started to participate in the Polish Nationwide congress of church Historians.
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