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Primate Stefan Wyszyński's Attitude towards the Apparent Normalization of State-church Relations in the First Years of Edward Gierek's Rule (1971-1974)
The article describes primate Wyszyński's view on the political situation in the Polish People's Republic during the period of 1971-1974. It contains his attitude to the political system, communist ideology, and negotiations between the Holy See and the government of the Polish People's Republic. Primate Wyszyński was a political visionary, who had a very realistic view on the political situation in Poland. It was visible in his relation to the normalization, which the authorities declared in the first part of Edward Gierek's decade.

Can we call cardinal Wyszyński the political realist?
The Roman Catholic Church was main enemy of communist government in Polish People Republic. Wise leadership of cardinal Stefan Wyszyński prevented this institution from destruction or lost independence. All of his activity had one main purpose – give protection from the plans of communist dignities. So I try to show that cardinal Wyszyński was probably the most realistic person in the history of the Polish People Republic. His attitude was main reason that polish Catholic Church didn't lost their independence from communist system.