Church architecture in the Western style. Synod of Zamość in 1720 and its significance for the process of church interior latinisation on the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth territory in 1720-1795

Abstract

The main purpose of the article is a detailed analysis of those Synod of Zamość definitions that directly or indirectly relate to the field of church architecture and interior design. Since this Ruthenian Uniate synod of 1720 set itself the task of unifying the Greek Catholic Liturgy with Catholic Mass, its resolutions also touched upon the issues of church decoration. The author also tries to determine the synodal decrees’ influence on the art practice, by analysing architecture and interior design of the churches built in 1720-1795.

Keywords

• synod of zamość
• union
• orthodoxy
• catholicism
• ruthenian uniate church
• liturgy