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Prayer in St. Benedict's monastic rule and interreligious dialogue
Podnecká, Radka ; Červenková, Denisa (advisor) ; Bouma, David (referee)
Diploma thesis "Prayer in St. Benedict's monastic rule and interreligious dialogue" is focused on the St. Benedict prayer presentation and its importance in the interreligious dialogue. The prayer should be considered as an essential parts of each Christian religious life. Christian life represented and described by St. Benedict, is the life of prayer. Benedict monastic rule has application, however, thanks to the generally applicable principles outside the monastery and should be suitable part of the spiritual experience of every Christian. The main goal of this thesis it to show the importance of real prayer and way of life in prayer for interreligious dialogue by Benedictine monks in the time of Bede Griffiths, Thomas Merton, John Main and Laurence Freeman, representing experience regarding interreligious dialogue with Hindu and Buddhist monks about the contemplation, prayer and different religious traditions. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Father of the Western Monasticism St. Benedict of Nursia
Valová, Terezie ; Veverková, Kamila (advisor) ; Lášek, Jan Blahoslav (referee)
Summary: OTEC ZÁPADNÍHO MNIŠSTVÍ BENEDIKT Z NURSIE FATHER OF WESTERN MONASTICISM ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA TEREZIE VALOVÁ The thesis deals with the "father of western monasticism" Benedict of Nursia. The introductory part describes the period, which preceded Benedict's time and it briefly shows early incentives that led to origin of Christian monasticism. The basis was ascetic practice applied by individuals or groups outside Christian community that got among Christians in early church fast and anchored in originating monasticism as an important aspect of monastic way of life. The key part of the thesis is Benedict's life, witness of which Pope Gregory I wrote in his Dialogues in the 6th century. The thesis describes a part of legendary Gregory's stories of Benedict's life that played a decisive role in Benedict's life journey and show a man who was religious, strong in virtues, open in love, devoted to God and imbued with the spirit of all the just. The final part of the thesis gets to Benedict's legacy that Benedict and it refers to the rarity of his spirituality, which reflected even in ordinary aspects of human life and even today it can say a lot not only to competent servants of God among monks but also to persons outside such groups and it can also serve as inspiration for secular world. Initial...
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Benedict's Book - Monastic Rule of Western
Valová, Terezie ; Veverková, Kamila (advisor) ; Lášek, Jan Blahoslav (referee)
Summary: The thesis focuses on a piece of work in the form of a monastic rule which considerably influenced the whole Christian world, significantly contributed to the formation of spirituality of monastic communities, shaped the European culture and has much to say even today. The rule derives its name from its author, St. Benedict of Nursia. Given the considerable impact of his work on shaping the subsequent history of monasticism, St. Benedict is rightly called the Father of Western Monasticism. The first part introduces the Rule of Saint Benedict (Regula Benedicti). It refers to the period of its creation when certain common foundations of monastic life existed but lacked any solid anchoring. Despite the existence of other monastic rules, the Rule of Saint Benedict became the leading one thanks to its clarity and brevity. The second part deals with the Rule of the Master (Regula Magistri), an anonymous collection of monastic precepts which played a significant role as a source material for the Rule of Saint Benedict. St. Benedict took a large number of rules from it while he edited some of the original rules and intentionally omitted others. He moderated the strict text of the Rule of the Master since he was aware of human weakness. He infused the precepts with love. The third part, the longest in its...
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Prayer in St. Benedict's monastic rule and interreligious dialogue
Podnecká, Radka ; Červenková, Denisa (advisor) ; Bouma, David (referee)
Diploma thesis "Prayer in St. Benedict's monastic rule and interreligious dialogue" is focused on the St. Benedict prayer presentation and its importance in the interreligious dialogue. The prayer should be considered as an essential parts of each Christian religious life. Christian life represented and described by St. Benedict, is the life of prayer. Benedict monastic rule has application, however, thanks to the generally applicable principles outside the monastery and should be suitable part of the spiritual experience of every Christian. The main goal of this thesis it to show the importance of real prayer and way of life in prayer for interreligious dialogue by Benedictine monks in the time of Bede Griffiths, Thomas Merton, John Main and Laurence Freeman, representing experience regarding interreligious dialogue with Hindu and Buddhist monks about the contemplation, prayer and different religious traditions. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Father of the Western Monasticism St. Benedict of Nursia
Valová, Terezie ; Veverková, Kamila (advisor) ; Lášek, Jan Blahoslav (referee)
Summary: OTEC ZÁPADNÍHO MNIŠSTVÍ BENEDIKT Z NURSIE FATHER OF WESTERN MONASTICISM ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA TEREZIE VALOVÁ The thesis deals with the "father of western monasticism" Benedict of Nursia. The introductory part describes the period, which preceded Benedict's time and it briefly shows early incentives that led to origin of Christian monasticism. The basis was ascetic practice applied by individuals or groups outside Christian community that got among Christians in early church fast and anchored in originating monasticism as an important aspect of monastic way of life. The key part of the thesis is Benedict's life, witness of which Pope Gregory I wrote in his Dialogues in the 6th century. The thesis describes a part of legendary Gregory's stories of Benedict's life that played a decisive role in Benedict's life journey and show a man who was religious, strong in virtues, open in love, devoted to God and imbued with the spirit of all the just. The final part of the thesis gets to Benedict's legacy that Benedict and it refers to the rarity of his spirituality, which reflected even in ordinary aspects of human life and even today it can say a lot not only to competent servants of God among monks but also to persons outside such groups and it can also serve as inspiration for secular world. Initial...
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