ABSTRACT
The confrontation of Christianity with communism in Poland made a most interesting spectacle. However, it would be a simplification to work from the premise that in recent decades it was only these two ideas – Christianity and communism – which confronted one another on the stage of time. The deeper Christians were immersed in the communist element, the stronger was their impression that communism is not a negation of Christianity, but rather a parody of it. First and foremost is the discovery of the heroic dimension of the gospel – there is quite simply no faith without heroism. This individualism does not oppose religion, but keeps its distance from the church. Religion is acceptable to it only as a relationship with God; one's neighbour – especially in church – gets in the way and is perceived as an obstacle on the path to redemption.
