Studia Theologica 2005, 7(3):1-17713
The article deals with the basic features of the natural law theory according to Thomas Aquinas and the open questions that follow from this conception. The most important features of the natural law theory according to Thomas are the participation of natural law in eternal law, the natural law grasped as the law of reason and natural inclinations. His conception also contains many issues that are always open and controversial. This article presents three issues: a complete list of common precepts of the natural law, the meaning of the eternal law for the natural law, and the problem of the good - how we shall understand the good within the context...
Studia Theologica 2005, 7(3):18-29786
The article deals with those places in the New Testament where God's acting is expressed by means of a passive verb form without mentioning God explicitly. The author considers the usage of the term passivum divinum as useful. However, two conditions are to be met. The respective verb form in the concrete utterance should have a clear passive meaning and the context should unequivocally point to God as the only agent. The first condition cannot be met by the verb form alone because e.g .the aorist (and future) forms with the formant &qh& are not always clearly passive. This is demonstrated especially in Mt 1.16 where the form evgennh,qh itself...
Studia Theologica 2005, 7(3):30-38465
The words in Rom 5,12-21 raise the following questions: Did sin come into the world only through one man? Is only the suffering of Jesus Christ relevant for the salvation of all mankind? The traditional view of original sin does not agree with the present exegesis. A couple - not a single man - did sin in Gen 3. The primeval story describes a growth of guilt, which is not inheritable from one generation to another (Ezek 18). A "social sin" does not contradict today's experience. The Old Testament knows atonement of one's own sins by "steadfast love" (Prov 16,6), by confession of sin (2 Sam 12,13) and by offering animals (cf. Lev 17,11). The guilt of...
Studia Theologica 2005, 7(3):79-92490
The author suggests an application of Wittgenstein's theory of language games in catechesis. Catechesis should be more embracing of rules of Christian thinking and action than learning of propositions. Following Wittgenstein's thoughts, D. Z. Phillips presents such rules in the perspective of philosophy of religion and G. A. Lindbeck in the fieldofdogma.Lindbeck demonstrates tha tthis approach is in coincidence with ancient Church catechesis, which was more an introduction to Christian life than a theoretical lecture. Religious education can be compared with the learning of a foreign language. The goal of such education is a skilled speaker (Christian)...
Studia Theologica 2005, 7(3):93-99365
The difference between the Christian East and Christian West stems among other things from divergent approaches to the Church's missionary activity. The knowledge of the genesis of European civilization from this point of view may grant us a better understanding of the nature of our Western heritage.
Studia Theologica 2005, 7(3):39-62584
The author created a portrait of the Czech aesthetic thinker Jaroslav Hruban based on his aesthetic works and biographical facts. Jaroslav Hruban, who was a disciple of Otakar Hostinsky, was one of the founders of modern Czech aesthetics. He was the first one who wrote about the aesthetics of Saint Augustine and Dante Alighieri in Czech, and the first one who wrote a Czech introduction to aesthetics. He dealt with the question of aesthetic values that are important for aesthetic culture. In the essay, the connection between Jaroslav Hruban and Otakar Hostinsky is especially stressed, in spite of some important differences. According to the author,...
Studia Theologica 2005, 7(3):63-78468
Jaroslav Hruban (1886-1934), a follower of Otakar Hostinský, is an unjustly marginalized Czech aesthetician, even though his work shows a considerable body of philosophical, psychological, and aesthetic learning. The lack of interest in Hruban's thought might be explained by the fact that he lived a secluded life outside the main cultural centers (in Uherský Brod), did not work at a university, and was a theorizing aesthetician of a speculative orientation in an age promoting positivism, empiricism, and interest in the form and structure of art. His Introduction to Aesthetics [Úvod do esthetiky] (1915) is the firstCzechattemptataphilosophyofaestheticvalues,which,eventually,becamethemajorsubjectofhis...
Studia Theologica 2005, 7(3):100-116643