Polish Ecumenical Council

Polish Ecumenical Council (Polish: Polska Rada Ekumeniczna) founded in 1946 to promote interchurch cooperation among the minority Christian denominations in Poland.[1] There are seven member churches: the Baptist Church, Lutheran Church, Methodist Church, Reformed Church, Mariavite Church, Old Catholic Church, and the Polish Orthodox Church.[1] Cooperation with the Catholic Church began in 1974 when the council established a Combined Ecumenical Commission to deal with the analogous ecumenical commission of the Catholic Polish Episcopal Conference.[1] In 1977 the council named a subcommittee for discussion of individual theological questions; by 1980 bilateral dialogs had begun among members sharing similar doctrine. Given Poland's history of religious tolerance, the restoration of religious freedom in 1989 was expected to expand the tentative ecumenical contacts achieved during the Communist era. In 2000, the Polish Catholic Church signed a declaration with the council member churches, excluding the Baptist Church, mutually recognizing baptism.

As of January 2019[update], the council head was Lutheran bishop Jerzy Samiec.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Fahlbusch, Erwin; Lochman, Jan; Bromiley, Geoffrey William; Barrett, David B.; Mbiti, John; Pelikan, Jaroslav; Vischer, Lukas (1999). The Encyclopedia of Christianity. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 249\. ISBN 978-90-04-14595-5.
2. ^ "Churches in Poland call for tolerance after killing of Gdansk mayor". The Lutheran World Federation. Retrieved 2023-02-03.

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* Polish Ecumenical Council
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Christianity in Poland

Eastern Christianity|

| Eastern Orthodox|

* Polish Orthodox Church

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Catholic|

* Armenian Catholic Church
* Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Przemyśl–Warsaw, Wrocław–Koszalin, Olsztyn–Gdańsk)

Western Christianity|

| Catholic|

| Latin Church|

* Roman Catholic Church

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Old Catholic[a]|

* Polish Catholic Church

Independent[b]|

* Catholic Mariavite Church
* Mariavite Church
* Old Catholic Church in Poland

Protestant
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| Lutheran|

* Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession

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Calvinist|

* Reformed Church

Baptist|

* Baptist Union of Poland

Methodist|

* Church of the Nazarene in Poland
* Polish Wesleyan Church
* United Methodist Church

Adventist|

* Seventh-day Adventist Church

Pentecostal|

* Pentecostal Church in Poland

Restorationist|

* New Apostolic Church
* Jehovah's Witnesses
* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Poland

Interdenominational
organisations|

* Evangelical Alliance in the Republic of Poland
* Polish Ecumenical Council

1. ^ Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church, part of the Union of Utrecht
2. ^ Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church

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