Recepcja idei solidaryzmu chrześcijańskiego Heinricha Pescha w środowisku polskich katolickich myślicieli społecznych

The aim of this study is to provide a preliminary examination of the reception of thought of Heinrich Pesch SJ (1854–1926), and in particular his concept of Christian solidarity, among the leading Polish Catholic thinkers of the 20th century. The primary source material consisted of key monographs summarizing the authors’ views on socio-economic issues. The study took into account quantitative aspects, but mainly focused on the logical and semantic analysis of these fundamental works. As a result, it was shown that the ideas of Pesch, perceived as one of the leading Christian social thinkers and the founder of Christian solidarism, had a significant influence on the works of authors such as Fr. Antoni Roszkowski, Czesław Strzeszewski, Leopold Caro, and Fr. Jan Piwowarczyk. Through a comparative analysis of the works of Father Piwowarczyk and Karol Wojtyła on Catholic social ethics, Karol Wojtyła’s reception of Pesch’s solidarism is critically assessed, leading to some non-obvious conclusions and shedding additional light on the connections between the two texts.