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z_dariusThreads: 22 Posts: 5,091 Joined: Oct 18, 07 ♂	Dec 3, 07, 23:01 #31
Quoting: Kaczor Duck The NT is written on Greek, so one word has one meaning, not like english, the word Love can be one of 5, one is Phillio (word we get Philadelphia, city of brotherly love) which means brotherly type of love Actually, in ancient Greek love is: agapao. Filos means friend, but it can also mean friendly, or beloved.

AristoboulosThreads: 1 Posts: 27 Joined: Dec 3, 07 ♂	Dec 3, 07, 23:43 #32
Agapao is "to love" or literally "i love", love as a substantive is agape. But only New Testament and later Christian texts deal with this. Classical literature has eros and few other but agape or agapao is strictly biblical. Does anybody know if it appears in LXX?

polishgirltx	Dec 4, 07, 00:28 #33
Quoting: truhlei Are Polish Christians here? who? ;):P

AristoboulosThreads: 1 Posts: 27 Joined: Dec 3, 07 ♂	Dec 4, 07, 00:38 #34
Ye, we have even persons more serious than hordes of "baptizati catholici" (baptized Catholics) ;) joke, joke!

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Dec 4, 07, 01:40 #35

I suspect that seeking Polish Christian evangelical or fundamentalist believers on this forum will be a fruitless effort.

The rough statistics are that during the papacy of JP2 and under communist rule, about 97% of Poles claimed membership of the Catholic Church.

Historically, the main protestant church from 16th century was Kościół Ewangelicko-Reformowany w RP, which now numbers about 1500 members in 8 churches.

Attendance in the Catholic Church since 1989 has been decreasing, possibly by as much as 25%.
Poland’s evangelical population has grown slightly, but is still very small; about 40,000 professing evangelical believers among a population of approximately 38 million. Denominations like the Brethren Assemblies, the Baptist Union, the Pentecostal Church, and the Evangelical Free Church are viewed by most Poles as sects.

Of these, I can only speak of my own interest.
There are 39 brethren assemblies in Poland and around 28 groups meeting in homes. For cultural comparison, there are 871 assemblies in Romania – which was never a Catholic cntrolled country.

http://www.nowysacz.kwch.pl/
http://www.wroclaw.kwch.pl/
http://www.palowice.kwch.pl/
http://www.kwch.pl/

AristoboulosThreads: 1 Posts: 27 Joined: Dec 3, 07 ♂	Dec 4, 07, 01:48 #36
Quoting: clunkshift There are 39 brethren assemblies in Poland and around 28 groups meeting in homes. For cultural comparison, there are 871 assemblies in Romania – which was never a Catholic cntrolled country. You got right. Romania, or former Vallachia and Moldavia was during all it's history- as you would like to say- Orthodox controlled country. Does it make a difference for you?

clunkshiftThreads: 4 Posts: 94 Joined: Feb 6, 07 ♂	Dec 4, 07, 07:48 #37
Quoting: Aristoboulos Does it make a difference for you? Not peronally, No. My brother is a regular visitor to Moldova, so I simply speak of what interests me.

AristoboulosThreads: 1 Posts: 27 Joined: Dec 3, 07 ♂	Dec 4, 07, 08:02 #38
Ok. I'd like to ask if you see any differences in spreading this version of Protestantism in Catholic and Orthodox ruled countries? I guess you consider both Churches being on a similar level of validity. If I am right, what caused fastest spread of this denomination in Romania in your opinion?

parrishThreads: 1 Posts: 12 Joined: Apr 12, 08 ♂	May 19, 08, 19:50 #39
There are many thriving prostestants in Poland although they are rare and not well known. There is also a Polish prostentant church in Chicago which I go to. It has been a great tool for language learning and even more amazing to watch these beleivers take on a faith that is not part of their culture.

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂	May 19, 08, 19:56 #40
Michal: Nobody in Poland is strict catholic because everybody in Poland steals so that is one of the Ten Commandmants out of the window for a start! to some extent that's very true. "borrowing" isn't seen in other parts fo the world as cool. here is my favourite quote that is related to religion "Jesus, save me from your followers." hehe

mafketisThreads: 17 Posts: 1,880 Joined: Mar 31, 08 ♂	May 20, 08, 02:41 #41
IINM Adam Małysz is also a protestant. I don't know if he belongs to the same denomination as Buzek (former PM) or not.

xJUNIORxThreads: 1 Posts: 2 Joined: Aug 9, 10 ♀	Aug 9, 10, 12:02 #42
I'm Christian. (Protestant) I'm happy with it! :)

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,787 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Aug 9, 10, 16:04 #43
Michal: because everybody in Poland steals really ? I want to sue you ? pm me your details ! sure!

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Aug 11, 10, 08:16 #44

My very rough guestimates (based on many years of residence in Poland and observing people's religious behavior.

10-20 % hardcore, believing catholics

40-60 % catholic to the extent that they follow any religion, they want to get married in church and have their kids baptised but they don't necessarily attend mass every week (or month) and they may strongly disagree with church positions on certain issues.

10-20 % if you ask they'll say they're catholic, but you'd never know it from their behavior (may make it to church a time or two a year or on specific life milestones)

5 - 10 % overtly non-catholic (this includes followers of other christian denominations, non-christians, atheists, lapsed catholics etc

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