Brytyjskie grupy wyznaniowe w Gdańsku w XVII – XVIII (XIX) wieku
British religious groups in Gdańsk in the 17th-18th (19th) centuries

Summary/Abstract: The article presents religious aspects of the functioning of the emigrant community from the British Isles in Gdańsk, especially the Scots. They strove for their religious needs from the Middle Ages, as evidenced by the existence of chapels and altars in some of Gdansk’s churches. After the success of the Reformation, mainly Scottish Presbyterians settled in Gdańsk. Clergy from their home country were brought to their service. Both Presbyterian clergy and the wealthy Scottish merchant elite (also Presbyterian) dominated the religious object obtained in 1707, the so-called English Church. However, only some of the Presbyterians living in Gdańsk identified with this object, which in accordance with legal arrangements was having the character of an „ethnic” temple simultaneous with Anglicans. Most Scots slowly merged into the community of Gdańsk by creating family relationships was usingother Calvinist objects. In addition to Presbyterians and few Anglicans and Catholics also English radicals like Chiliasts and Quakers tried to settle in Gdańsk but unfavourable citylegislation and preventive actions effectively prevented this transfer.

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