From Blasphemy to Offence, or What does the State Really Protect: God or Religious Feelings? – a Historical and Legal Study Cover Image

Od bluźnierstwa do przestępstwa, czyli co tak naprawdę chroni państwo: Boga czy uczucia religijne? – studium historyczno-prawne
From Blasphemy to Offence, or What does the State Really Protect: God or Religious Feelings? – a Historical and Legal Study

Author(s): Wioleta Wasil-Rusecka
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: offence; Penal Code; blasphemy;religious feelings;

Summary/Abstract: The offence against religious feelings has its roots in the offence of blasphemy against God, hence the religious ground of that regulation is undeniable. Considering the above, the imputation that the offence in question is an expression of secularity of the state and that it had nothing to do with religion, especially the Christian religion, should be rejected. Poland is not a confessional state, but in relations with religion it is in a relation of coordinated separation, an eminent example of which is including Art. 196 in the Criminal Code.

  • Issue Year: 8/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 203-218
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish