Parafia w nauczaniu Kościoła współczesnego

Abstract

Parish is not from God’s ordinance but it is an establishment of the historical Church. It was brought to existence under definite historical circumstances and undergoes historical transformations. The contemporary attempts to adjust parish to the challenges and needs of the present day are. as it were, a continuation of its historical evolution. The transformations after 1989 make the parish face new challenges and tasks. Under their influence, the parish must go through appropriate evolution. It must, on the one hand, take into account the teaching of Vatican Council II as regards parishes, the guidelines of the Code of Canon Law of 1983. and the teaching of the post-conciliar popes. On the other hand, it has to meet new challenges that the period of post-communist transformations has brought about in Poland.