The Benedictine Heritage of the Christian Poland: The Contemporary Perspective
Bernard SAWICKI
Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, Rome , ItalyAbstract
The article presents an outline of the contribution of Benedictine monks into the development of Christianity in its first centuries in Poland. Four aspects are taken into consideration: historical, spiritual, cultural and ecological, the latter understood in an integral way, i.e., including economy and administration. Moreover, a wider panorama of the contemporary activities of the Benedictine monasteries in Europe is also outlined in order to show how a more intense turning towards the Benedictine tradition might be helpful in resolving some problems now faced by the Church in Poland.
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Benedictine monks, monasticism, Christianity, Europe, Church in Poland, history, spirituality, culture, ecologySAWICKI, B. (2016). Benedyktyńskie dziedzictwo chrześcijańskiej Polski. Perspektywa współczesna. Ethos. Kwartalnik Instytutu Jana Pawła II KUL, 29(3), 66–90. https://doi.org/10.12887/29-2016-3-115-05
Bernard SAWICKI
Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, Rome
Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, Rome
