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Christian Church Funeral Ceremonies
Váňa, Václav ; Kotas, Jan (advisor) ; Opatrný, Aleš (referee)
he diploma thesis "Christian Church Funeral Ceremonies" deals with Roman Catholic Church funeral ceremonies, both preceding and following the Second Vatican Council reforms, Greek Catholic Church funeral ceremonies and those of Eastern Orthodox Church, Czechoslovak Hussite Church and Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. It describes various ceremonies and their historical development. By means of comparing the structures of these ceremonies it attempts to find what they have in common as well as what makes them distinctively different in terms of liturgy and theological teaching. It examines the theme of death, after-life conceptions, and funeral ceremonies in life of ancient people and European pagans, Jewish tradition and culture of Middle ages. It also covers the area of the last things of a man and resurrection matter as far as it is mentioned in liturgical books. Finally it questions the suitability of available liturgical texts concerning special cases and new forms of funeral ceremonies. Keywords Ceremonies, Church, funeral, liturgical books, liturgy Number of characters (including spaces): 146 709 T
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The Concept of Confirmation in The Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
Bubíková, Eliška ; Landová, Tabita (advisor) ; Beneš, Ladislav (referee)
This thesis deals with the concept of confirmation in the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (ECCB). In order to deepen the understanding of the rite, the thesis discusses its historical developement focusing on the aspect of consignation as part of baptism, on the sacrament of confirmation, and on the further developement of prostestant confirmation. In its main part, the thesis centres on confirmation in the ECCB, in which four concepts, typical for the traditions the ECCB comes from, blend together - i.e. the catechesis, the creed, the admission to the Lord's supper and the epiclesis. Starting from the theoretical point, it discusses the concept of confirmation in the liturgical books of the ECCB and then moves on to the practice of confirmation. Firstly, it studies how the concept of confimation is reflected in the ECCB confirmation materials, i.e. in various protestant cathechisms, and secondly, how the issue is treated by members of the ECCB in their Church periodicals' contributions. It focuses on the large debate in the 1950's as well as on contributions since 2000. Last but not least, the thesis tries to find out if and how the concept of confirmation has changed since the establishment of the church.
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Christian Church Funeral Ceremonies
Váňa, Václav ; Kotas, Jan (advisor) ; Opatrný, Aleš (referee)
he diploma thesis "Christian Church Funeral Ceremonies" deals with Roman Catholic Church funeral ceremonies, both preceding and following the Second Vatican Council reforms, Greek Catholic Church funeral ceremonies and those of Eastern Orthodox Church, Czechoslovak Hussite Church and Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. It describes various ceremonies and their historical development. By means of comparing the structures of these ceremonies it attempts to find what they have in common as well as what makes them distinctively different in terms of liturgy and theological teaching. It examines the theme of death, after-life conceptions, and funeral ceremonies in life of ancient people and European pagans, Jewish tradition and culture of Middle ages. It also covers the area of the last things of a man and resurrection matter as far as it is mentioned in liturgical books. Finally it questions the suitability of available liturgical texts concerning special cases and new forms of funeral ceremonies. Keywords Ceremonies, Church, funeral, liturgical books, liturgy Number of characters (including spaces): 146 709 T
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