Urzeczywistnianie Kościoła w eklezjalnych wspólnotach podstawowych w Brazylii
The Realization of the Church in Ecclesial Basic Communities in Brazil

Summary/Abstract: Small communities are now a common phenomenon in Catholicism and other Christian denominations. Bearing this fact in mind, the author asks about their ecclesial nature on the example of the experience of Brazilian Basic Ecclesial Communities (Comunidades Eclesiais de Base − CEBs). We assume that the verification of the ecclesiality of these communities can be done by analyzing their genesis and development (part one) and the manifestations of their existence (part two). In the article we quote selected data from the history and life of the CEBs, which confirm that they are a phenomenon developing within the Church and in the communion with her. Through the CEBs, the Church is making herself realized and existentially visible, especially in environments that are responsive to the community dimension and the need to strengthen faith in conjunction with real personal, family and social challenges.

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