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Attitudes towards same - sex couples in the Evangelical church of Czech brethren
Vančová, Eliška ; Landová, Tabita (advisor) ; Vaňáč, Martin (referee)
As part of the efforts to protect minorities, the issue of the social status of intimate relationship between two people of the same sex has come to the fore in recent years. This thesis called Attitudes towards same-sex couples in the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren examines how the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (hereafter ECCB) has approached the issue. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the current starting point, the first part of the thesis discusses views on homosexuality and same-sex relationships throughout history. Then it focuses more closely on developments in the Czech environment, as well as on Christian, and specifically protestant, approaches. The second part of the thesis is devoted to the ECCB documents and debates on the topic. It concentrates on attitudes towards homosexuality and same-sex relationships and, in relation to the issue of same-sex marriage, on the ECCB's approach to marriage. Based on ECCB agendas, it traces the Church's basis for a liturgy of blessing same-sex couples. The third and final part of the paper presents the practice of blessing same-sex couples in ECCB based on research. The research consists of two parts. The first is a questionnaire survey examining how widespread blessing same-sex couples is in the Church and what factors play a role. The...
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Protestantism in the Region of Most in Modern History
Vitoušková, Pavla ; Morée, Pieter Cornelis Adrianus (advisor) ; Vaňáč, Martin (referee)
The Modern History of Protestantism in the Most Region. The author aims to sumarize knowledges from history of reformation in Most region. She uses informations gathered in archives, literature, even from tales of people of that age. The tracks of reformation in nature, material heritage of our ancestors are part of rich photo attachment. The whole work consists of 6 main chapters. In the first chapter she uses informations gathered in National regional archive of city of Most and presents manifestations of reformations in the villages of Most township. The second chapter sumarizes the history of city of Most with a touch of reformation. In the third chapter she interests in 2 elements, possible causes of specifications of the Most region. In the fourth chapter she submits the list of Most region sacral monuments, sadly in the majority no longer existing ones. In the fifth chapter she follows evangelic missions in north- west Bohemia, the beginnings of preachers stations in Most region and the conception and evolution of parish corps ČCE in the city of Most. In the sixth chapter she states the results of research work in National regional archive. She describes long term problems of Most evangelists with acquisition of property.
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Process towards women's ordination - Comparison of attitudes and development of CCE and CB
Bort, Jiří ; Vaňáč, Martin (advisor) ; Černý, Pavel (referee)
The work deals with the development of the relationship to the women's ordained ministry of women on the example of two churches. In the case of the Czech Brethren Evangelical Church, it describes process of searching, which ended after three decades with the approval of the women's ordinance. In the case of the Church of the Brethren, it deals with the existing statements on the women's ordained ministry and also with the attitude of the preachers of this church to the mentioned ministry.
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The Beginning of Tolerant Churches
Německý, Miroslav ; Vaňáč, Martin (advisor) ; Halama, Ota (referee)
V této práci bych se chtěl zaměřit na podrobnější analýzu faktu, proč při formování tolerančních evangelických církví dávali členové utvářených sborů jednoznačně přednost reformovanému vyznání před luterským, ačkoliv objektivní podmínky mluvily spíše pro opačné preference. Pro porozumění tomuto faktu je třeba posuzovat tuto skutečnost v retrospektivě celé historického vývoje v pobělohorském a tolerančním období. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Observance of the Lord's Supper in Pentecostal Churches
Moldanová, Olga ; Vaňáč, Martin (advisor) ; Landová, Tabita (referee)
This thesis, entitled "Observance of the Lord's Supper in Pentecostal Churches" attempts to introduce the observance of the Lord's Supper in the Apostolic Church, including its pastoral aspects. Included in this is an outlined discussion on the same theme. The first part of the work introduces characteristics of the Pentecostal Movement in general, and then its representative in the Czech Republic, the Apostolic Church, in the context of its historical- theological development. The second part adds some historical moments of the remembrance of the Lord's Supper in this context. The subsequent discussion then more closely examines the understanding of the ceremony of the Lord's Supper in the Pentecostal environment, especially within the Apostolic Church. The third part discloses the specific practice of the Lord's Supper in the churches of the Apostolic Church. This comes from foundational documents of the Church and survey-based research. The final part discusses the pastoral aspects of the Lord's Supper, working from information attained from the surveys, life experiences and finally from selected sermons related to the remembrance of the Lord's Supper.
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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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International Protestant Churches as an Intercultural Environment
Koumalová, Ivana ; Beneš, Ladislav (advisor) ; Vaňáč, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis entitled International Protestant Churches as an Intercultural Environment deals with international protestant churches, which are currently located in many countries around the world. It presents their existence, characteristic features, self-concept, reasons for their origin and history. Special attention is paid to the intercultural aspect and the question of how deep layers of culture can manifest themselves in intercultural coexistence. Attention is also paid to the issue of denominational diversity. The thesis also deals with practical aspects of service in international churches and gives brief examples from the environment of individual churches which relate to worship and church life. The diploma thesis elaborates written materials mainly from the field of practical theology, which help to form a broader view and opinions on international protestant churches and takes into account the aspect of intercultural and denominational diversity.
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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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Frère Roger Schutz and Theology, Theology and Frère Roger Schutz
Benešová, Irena ; Štefan, Jan (advisor) ; Vaňáč, Martin (referee)
This thesis deals with brother Roger Schutz, the founder of the Christian community in Taizé. Through the analysis of selected texts written by Roger, contributions of contemporary theologians and biographical literature the thesis presents his relation to theology and argues to support the hypothesis that brother Roger can be considered as theologian, whose work enriched the theological thinking.
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