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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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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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Once upon a time, there was a stranger on the road
Vondráčková, Kristýna ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (referee)
v anglickém jazyce: This thesis mainly analyzes the five-part novel Gargantua and Pantagruel written by the French author Francois Rabelais. Emphasis is based particularly on an inclusion of Rabelais's work in historical and literary context of the period of transformation between medieval and Renaissance society. More specifically, it deals with the author's humanist opinion and his critique of contemporary society, which is the main line of the work itself. The aim of our thesis is especially an attempt to outline the various possible meanings of the terms « road or path » and « stranger » in Rabelais's work and explain the role of these thematic concepts in the author's concept of criticism of society.
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Literature in the works of theologians - the example of Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann
Lis, Marek ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (advisor) ; Štefan, Jan (referee)
The aim of the proposed Bachelor thesis named Literature in the works of theologians - the example of Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann is to assess the significance of German literature in selected works of the aforementioned theologians. In the case of Karl Barth's, the analysis is concerned with the reception of classical German authors (Römerbrief, 1919) and Dostoevsky (Römerbrief, 1922). A separate part is devoted to examining the relevant excerpts from his correspondence with the German writer Carl Zuckmayer towards the end of the theologian's life. In Rudolf Bultmann's cas, the attention is pointed at broader hermeneutic contexts, especially at the relations of culture and religion after the World War I, and Bultmann's reaction to Deschner's criticism of the role of religion from the end of the 1950s, Furthermore, an analysis of a selection of homilies form after the World War I is included, along with a brief characterization the specifics of this particular discourse. Although the grounds of this work are based on selections, its conclusion essays to argue that the function of literature may both subordinate to the Christian revelation, which creates its intelligible context and is able to answer its questions, and wholly autonomous as well, wherein literature articulates a theological them...
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Contemporary Trends of Protestant Liturgical Music in the Czech Republic
Dittrichová, Johana ; Stříteská, Leona (advisor) ; Nedělka, Michal (referee)
anglicky The diploma thesis Contemporary Trends of Protestant Liturgical Music in the Czech Republic deals mainly with both - musical and unmusical - element of contemporary praise and worship songs used at protestant Sunday services. The aim of praise and worship music in a Sunday service, is to give praise to God, as well as it was in biblical times. Therefore the first chapter of the thesis presents observations about music in the Bible and examines its connections to non-musical ways of praising God, which throws light upon the situation today. The part of the thesis which makes the reader familiar with current situation of protestant liturgical music in the Czech Republic, points out weaknesses in present-day song writing and shows a need of musical education for Christians, who take part in performing music at Church, compose songs and translate them from other languages. There is also a notable trend of adapting hymnbook songs, which therefore become friendlier to younger generation who prefers livelier music. Although there is not any board for protestant liturgical music, there are several influential personalities, whose view on various components of music liturgy and relationship to God's praise are presented in the third chapter. All of them agree on the fact that praising God through...
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Influence of Protestantism on democracy in the USA
Legát, Filip ; Kučera, Rudolf (advisor) ; Šimsa, Martin (referee)
The Bachelor thesis "The influence of Protestantism on democracy in the USA" focuses on forms and development of the relationship between politics and Protestantism in the American territory. This thesis identifies the investigated confession with emphasis on North American forms. In preceding Republican era the Puritan faith is presented not only as the determinant of politics, but also as the source of its legitimacy. In the chapter dedicated to the establishment of the United States the measure of the protestantism influence on foundations and building is researched. From this point of view the key Documents of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, also the comments of their creators are analysed. Significant space is provided to American understanding of natural rights and its religious dimension. In conclusion, the thesis aims at particular themes of contradictory Bible interpretations and their political consequences. Implication of these different approaches are presented on the conflict between abolitionists and the slavery's defenders and also on the conflict about educating evolution on schools leaded by the fundamentalists and liberals. The thesis in its progress focuses on the impact of Protestantism in many crucial moments of American democracy.
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