Course: Church as "the People of God community"

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Course title Church as "the People of God community"
Course code KST/CSBL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Mikulášek Josef, Ph.D.
  • Krumpolc Eduard, Dr. Ing. CSc., Th.D.
Course content
The content of the course will be divided into 3 parts: a) the theoretical framework searching for the category "People of God" through the Bible and the history; b) analysis of the documents of Second Vatican Ecumenical Council which apply to the change of ecclesiological paradigm; c) creating grounds for current and future structural transformation of the Church communities.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to improve gained knowledge of the ecclesiological paradigm, which has been created during the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council and is described in the Dogmatic constitution about the Church Lumen gentium.
The students will gain general knowledge about the historical development in which the Church identifies itself as "the Wandering People of God". This phenomenon has been formed and created by the church during the centuries and for its reflection the ecclesiological turn, done by the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, gives new impulses and challenges.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

Active participation in the course, analysis and reflection of the church documents and of study texts.
Recommended literature
  • Brož, P. Církev a II. vatikánský koncil. Perspektivy současné ekleziologie.
  • Congar, Y. Za církev sloužící a chudou, Kostelní Vydří : Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 1995.
  • de Lubac, H. Meditace o církvi.
  • Druhý vatikánský koncil. Lumen gentium, Dei Verbum, Ad gentes, Dignitatis humanae.
  • O´Malley. "Vatican II: Did anything happen?".


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology Study plan (Version): Catholic Theology (2) Category: Philosophy, theology 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter