Biskupi czasów przedrozbiorowych w świetle propagandy antykościelnej prowadzonej przez władze polityczne Polskiej Rzeczpospolitej Ludowej2 w latach 1944–1989
Bishops of Polish old times in the light of anti-church propaganda led by political authorities of the People’s Republic of Poland in years 1944–1989

Summary/Abstract: One of the fundamental ideological goals of communists coming into power in Poland after the end of the World War II was the fight against religion. The goal resulted in the marxist-leninist ideology (based on dialectical and historical materialism) which rejected the existence of God. No wonder that the contemporaneous political authorities supported by the ideology mentioned above towards wide spread devotion of the society treated the Church as the opponent which can make them less powerful. Hence, the People’s Republic of Poland (PRP) authorities used in a different intensity the policy of repression and condemnation against the Church in years 1944–1989. Anti-church propaganda became the crucial element of the government’s policy. The propaganda covered various aspects of life and functioning of the Church.The present article highlights the political propaganda of the PRP and what was carefully underlined was the fact how the propaganda presented particular bishops from old Polish times showing at the same time, based on certain examples, manipulation, lies, and lack of reliability and objectivity of the contemporaneous propaganda.

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