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Czech Leuenberg Synod
Zapletal, Aleš ; Vaňáč, Martin (advisor) ; Černý, Pavel (referee)
Czech Leuenberg Synod The thesis deals with the Czech Leuenberg Synod, an ecumenical assembly of denominations that signed the Leuenberg Agreement (Church of the Brethren in the Czech Republic, Czechoslovak Hussite Church, Church of Czech Brethren, Methodist Church, Silesian Church of the Augsburg Confession). The Synod was formed in 2000. The meetings of the Synod take place every other year and each denomination is represented by four delegates. The first chapter introduces the historical and theological importance of the Leuenberg Agreement as the basic document of the Synod. The second chapter deals with the first meeting in 2000, its statutes and the documents approved on this meeting. The third chapter describes the following meetings and focuses on the topic of each meeting, important documents and/or decisions of the Synod. This chapter includes also the names of the Synod presidents and vice-presidents. The fourth chapter is a reflection of the twenty years of the existence of the Synod and it introduces several suggestions for the future work. The thesis is based upon theological and historical-theological literature, church press, documents of the Czech Leuenberg Synod and consultations with the current or former representatives of the Synod. Key words (in alphabetical order): Church of...
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Benediktines in Bohemia 1419-1620. Selected Monasteries.
Vorlíček, Petr ; Foltýn, Dušan (advisor) ; Charvátová, Kateřina (referee)
The thesis focuses on the history of several Czech benedictine monasteries in the period marked by two major milestones in Czech history, them being the outbreak of the Hussite Revolution and the Battle of White Mountain. It aims to juxtapose monasteries abandoned in the post-Hussite era with the ones that had undergone restoration and remained active during the above mentioned period. Apart from trying to put together an overall outline of the convents' history, the thesis also addresses select problems the abbots of the restored monasteries had to face in the course of the aforementioned two centuries. KEY WORDS Benedictine monks, monastery, priory, Hussitism, secularization, protestantism
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In the Name of Christ-Selected Thoughts of the Members of the Lesser Czech Evangelical Churches in the Period 1890-1940
Mašek, Tomáš ; Horský, Jan (advisor) ; Nešpor, Zdeněk (referee)
The work focuses on the specification of the specificities of the thinking of some smaller evangelical churches in the territory of Bohemia in the period 1890-1940. Specifically, this is the Brethren Unity of Chelčický (Baptist), the Unity of Czech Brethren (formerly Reformed Free Church) and the Evangelical Methodist Church. The focus of the interpretation is to introduce the construction of confessional identity based on the relationship to the past and the specific interpretation of the personalities and events that shaped the tradition from which these churches were based. Another element forming the identity of the members of these churches was their attitude to the modern secularization tendencies against which they stood in opposition. Last but not least, their confessional consciousness determined their definition of other forms of piety. The aim of the work was to provide, based on the study of the published written sources left by the members of these three churches, a comparison and characterization of their way of viewing certain subjects through their religious beliefs.
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The Principles of the Presbyterial-Synodical Ecclesiastical Polity
Csukás, Adam ; Tretera, Jiří Rajmund (advisor) ; Horák, Záboj (referee)
The Principles of Synodical-Presbyterial Church Government This work reflects the principles of the synodical-presbyterial church government, which are referred to in the church constitutions of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren and the Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia. The author draws attention to the importance of the principles of church polity in ecclesial life, pointing to their occasional inadequate reflection. In this context, the author points out the introduction of the Führerprinzip in the German Evangelical Church in the 1930s. In addition, he highlights examples of churches that have been able to clearly formulate the principles of church polity, and some of them have even incorporated them into their church law. The author goes on to clarify the basic terminology used in his work, focusing on the naming of Protestant churches in different languages. He deals with the division of churches into families according to the categorization used by the World Council of Churches, paying special attention to the family of United and Uniting churches. He describes five types of these churches, and considering the need to introduce another, a sixth type of United and Uniting churches. Next, he deals with the basic characteristics of Reformed, Presbyterian and Evangelical Lutheran churches. The...
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The Confession in the Protestantism and its Historical Transformations
Jandečková, Pavla ; Landová, Tabita (advisor) ; Vaňáč, Martin (referee)
anglicky Annotation In my thesis I deal with the Confession in European nad especially Czech Protestantism, its conception, form and transformations in history. The focus of my work is to look at the Confession in the Reformation and its further development. The work is divided into four major chapters: (1) The Confession, (2) The Confession and reformers, (3) The Cofession and reformist religions, (4) The Confession of contemporary Protestantism. Each of these chapters is further divided into subsections. In conclusion I describe the effort to reintroduce private Confession as solid form of church life and I think about reasons why nowadays in Protestant churches private Confession used only sporadically. Keywords: confession; Reformation; the Church of the Brethren; Luther; Calvin; Protestantism; Sin; Forgiveness; Absolution.
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Dispute over Catholic and Protestant notions of purgatory in the 16 century
Roček, Martin ; Suchánek, Drahomír (advisor) ; Drška, Václav (referee)
(in English): Presented work explores dispute over Catholic and Protestant notions of purgatory in the beginning of 16th century. The aim of this work is to analyse differences in perspective on Scripture and reasons which led Protestant theologians to rejection of the doctrine of purgatory. Due to limited space of the work, several key documents were chosen to portray how protestants theologians challenged existence of purgatory. The first part of the text summarizes the development of the idea of purgatory and gives an overview of the perception of purgatory in the 16th century in order to provide basis for better understanding of the topic. The following part introduces different views present in protestant movement in Germany and among Swiss reformed theologians. The last part of this text describes the development of council of Trent where controversial questions raised by protestant theologians were addressed so as to redefine the doctrine of purgatory for the following centuries. Klíčová slova (anglicky): Christianity, protestantism, purgatory, eschatology, reformation, heaven, hell
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Nazism and religion
Stehlík, Petr ; Kučera, Jan (advisor) ; Franěk, Jakub (referee)
This thesis deals with a mutual relationship between the ideologies of the Nazi movement and Christianity. In the first part we look at both an incompatibility and a proximity of different basic ideas of both worldviews. Attention is also paid to differences between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism. Besides the official party program and Mein Kampf, this thesis also examines private attitudes of several prominent Nazi leaders. In the second part of the work, theoretical conflicts of both worldviews are scrutinized in the context of actual historical events.
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