Studia Theologica 2007, 9(1):1-19644
The triduum paschale represents the highlight of the whole liturgical year. Whereas the contents of the first day (Good Friday) and the third, concluding day (Easter Sunday) are on the whole wellknown, Holy Saturday remains more on the margin of attention. That is why this study offers a view of the theological content (the descensus ad inferos) and of the liturgical celebration (Liturgia horarum) of the second day of the Easter triduum.
Studia Theologica 2007, 9(1):20-41602
The author of this systematic theological study presents the current stage of the historical research on the Antenicean trinitarian heresies, points to their common characteristic feature, which is their partial admission of the message of the New Testament, reminds us of their topicality, and at the same time also stresses the aspects which current systematic theology finds positive. Finally, he outlines the solution of the problem of continuity between the message of the New Testament and the trinitarian dogma. The connection proposed can be plausibly proved in two ways. First, we confront the image in the appropriate dogma of the one, who is Tri-unity,...
Studia Theologica 2007, 9(1):42-55419
The court tales in the first six chapters of the Book of Daniel reflect the social situation during the relatively peaceful time preceding the Maccabean crisis. Daniel represents a model of Jewish behavior in the midst of a pagan society with its demands and values. A Jew in such a situation has two possible answers or reactions to the surrounding society: acceptance or refusal. The present article analyses four tales from the Book of Daniel (chapters 1, 2, 3, and 6) and the criteria Daniel and his companions used for deciding whether the demands and values of the surrounding pagan society are to be accepted, or if there is a case for refusal and,...
Studia Theologica 2007, 9(1):56-67516
The article deals with the issue of the origin of evil in the documents of Second Temple Judaism (the books of Enoch, the Book of Jubilees, Sirach, and some texts from Qumran - the Damascus Document, Sapiental Work A, the Community Rule). In the period between the Testaments, there was a very lively debate on the origin of sin. One explanation, provided by the Book of Watchers in 1 Enoch 1-36, expanded the mythic account of the origin of evil on earth through the activity of fallen angels (Gen 6). The problem was how to balance a monistic belief in a good omnipotent Creator with the presence of evil in the world. A guilty inclination of man is the...
Studia Theologica 2007, 9(1):68-79427
In the light of Aristotle's criteria for scientific knowledge, Duns Scotus maintains theology is not a science, but a specific and independent (autonomous) type of knowledge that is neither subordinated to any other type of knowledge, nor makes any other type of knowledge subordinated to itself. At the same time, Scotus modifies Aristotle's understanding of science: certainty and evidence are not based upon the necessity of a subject, but rather upon the perfection of knowing mind. Even though "our theology" is not a science, it has more dignity compared to other sciences, since it offers "more", i.e. it offers knowledge aiming at making man more perfect....
Studia Theologica 2007, 9(1):80-95803
JAN HELLER - MARTIN PRUDKÝ: OBTÍŽNÉ ODDÍLY KNIH MOJŽÍŠOVÝCH (Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakl., 2006. 182 s. ISBN 80-7195-128-5) JOSEF PETR ONDOK: ŘEČ O BOHU: METODY ANALYTICKÉ FILOSOFIE V TEOLOGII (Brno: CDK, 2006. 159 s. ISBN 80-7325-102-7) HANS KÜNG: PO STOPÁCH SVĚTOVÝCH NÁBOŽENSTVÍ (Z něm. orig. Spurensuche přel. Eva Lajkepová a Pavel Kolmačka. Brno: CDK, 2006. 306 s. ISBN 80-7325-059-4) PETR GALLUS A PETR MACEK (EDS.): TEOLOGICKÁ VĚDA A VĚDECKÁ TEOLOGIE (Brno: CDK, 2006. 104 s. ISBN 80-7325-084-5) SIDONIA HORŇANOVÁ: SYNAGÓGY: KONTINUITA MEDZI SYNAGÓGÉ A EKKLÉSIA (Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2006. 104 s. ISBN 80-223-2123-0) MARTA MIKANOWICZ:...