Studia Theologica, 2025 (roč. 27), číslo 2

Varianta Mk 3,14/6–14 optikou koherentně-genealogické metody

Mk 3:14/6–14 and the Coherence­‑Based Genealogical Method

Magdalena Vytlačilová

Studia Theologica 2025, 27(2):1-26 | DOI: 10.5507/sth.2025.00925  

I present in this study a less frequently discussed passage, Mark 3:14/6–14, and make use of a genealogical method based on coherence to consider which of its surviving variants is the original part of the text. I introduce the method in this study since it is relatively new and there is a limited amount of literature on it (although the New Testament text in the Editio Critica Maior is produced with its use). The verse, Mk 3:14/6–14, has survived in ten variants, which I divide into shorter and longer readings. In the verse, Jesus appoints the Twelve, and, according to witnesses in a longer reading, Jesus calls this group the Apostles...

Hodnocení věroučných rozhodnutí I. nikajského koncilu a otázka významu pro dnešek

Evaluation of the Faith Decisions of the First Council of Nicaea and the Question of their Relevance for Today

Ctirad Václav Pospíšil

Studia Theologica 2025, 27(2):27-48 | DOI: 10.5507/sth.2025.00515  

The study is published on the 1,700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council. The author explores the following problems: the history of the term “homousios”; the Monarchianism of the opponents of Arianism; the reproach that the conciliar decision represents the Hellenisation of the original Christian message; the question of the practical consequences of Arian positions; the continuing relevance of the Council for today.

Ambrožova argumentace proti Bonosově nauce o Ježíšových bratrech mezi teologií, církevní politikou a historicko-kulturním kontextem

Ambrose’s Argument Against Bonosus’s Doctrine on Jesus’ Brothers: Between Theology, Church Politics, Historical and Cultural Context

David Vopřada

Studia Theologica 2025, 27(2):49-79 | DOI: 10.5507/sth.2025.00620  

This article examines Ambrose’s argumentation regarding the brothers of Jesus and the perpetual virginity of Mary in his epist. 71 (56a) written after the meeting of the Council of Capua (392). Highlighting the cultural, religious, and historical context of the condemnation of Bonosus, who argued that the “brothers” of Jesus mentioned in the Gospels were Mary’s biological children, there will be a detailed examination of how Ambrose articulated his theological argument in the light of the council’s decisions. How much of his rhetoric comes from the need to defend the ascetic movement promoted by Ambrose? In what sense...

Lohfinkova biblická teologie Ježíšovy smrti jako přístupová cesta k sakramentálně pojaté soteriologii

Lohfink’s Biblical Theology of Jesus’ Death as an Approach Path to a Sacramentally Based Soteriology

Ondřej Kříž

Studia Theologica 2025, 27(2):81-102 | DOI: 10.5507/sth.2025.01132  

The article presents selected thoughts of the recently deceased German biblical scholar Gerhard Lohfink (1934‒2024) concerning his concept of Jesus’ death on the cross. Lohfink is convinced that Jesus himself reveals the meaning of his death at the Last Supper ceremony and analyses Mark’s account of Jesus’ seder on the eve of Good Friday. He places special emphasis on the so­‑called Words of the Institution, which he places in an Old Testament context. In this way, he ultimately understands Jesus’ death as a renewed covenant between God and man, which Jesus’ blood seals and reveals. The following section of...

Prečo je Boh „mŕtvy“? A čaká na svoje „vzkriesenie“? Filozofická diagnostika pádu náboženskej skúsenosti ako fenoménneho javenia

Why is God “Dead”? And is he Waiting for His “Resurrection”? A Philosophical Diagnosis of the Fall of Religious Experience as a Phenomenal Appearance

Peter Juan Pablo Mária Bako

Studia Theologica 2025, 27(2):103-122 | DOI: 10.5507/sth.2025.01327  

According to phenomenology, appearance is the bearer, or more precisely the occasion, through which the cognitive subject comes into contact with ideality (absolute principles, essences, values…). To put it simply, we say that the phenomenon harbours an a priori content. In religion, this ideality is captured by concepts such as absolute truths, dogmas, the content of faith (in a word “revelation”). Religious revelation is also communicated to us, however, in its phenomenalized form – through religious experience, i.e., religious appearance. In this sense, we say that “revelation presupposes appearance”. The appearance...

Čistota jako tradiční ctnost katolické sexuální etiky

Chastity as a Fundamental Virtue of Catholic Sexual Ethics

Dominik Opatrný

Studia Theologica 2025, 27(2):123-150 | DOI: 10.5507/sth.2025.01420  

Although the virtue of chastity is often presented as the cornerstone of Catholic sexual ethics, little attention has been paid in theological discussion to the origins and transformations of this concept. The present study traces the original meaning of the Roman virtues of castitas and pudicitia, their reception by the most important patristic and scholastic authors and the traditional manuals of moral theology that draw on them, and finally the most important voices of recent decades. It concludes by presenting the challenges posed to the virtue of chastity by contemporary times and proposing adequate responses.

Ars moriendi: Protestantská pohrebná homiletika a umenie umierať na Slovensku v 18. storočí

Ars Moriendi: Protestant Funeral Homiletics and the Art of Dying in Slovakia in the Eighteenth Century

Katarína Jančová

Studia Theologica 2025, 27(2):151-171 | DOI: 10.5507/sth.2025.00719  

This study examines the transformation of ars moriendi in Protestant funeral homiletics in eighteenth­‑century Slovakia, analysing the shift from Catholic to Protestant interpretations of “a good death”. Through an analysis of funeral sermons and ars moriendi manuals, the research demonstrates how Protestant theology reconceptualized funeral homiletics from focusing on the afterlife to emphasising living audiences and didactic functions. The study reveals disparities between idealized “good death” representations and empirical reality, examining the dualistic perception of illness and the relationship between medical and...

Ikonografická a symbolická reflexe pomníku Jana Palacha a Jana Zajíce

The Iconographic and Symbolic Reflection of the Jan Palach and Jan Zajíc Memorial

Eva Karina Brožová

Studia Theologica 2025, 27(2):171-192 | DOI: 10.5507/sth.2025.01778  

This article examines the Jan Palach and Jan Zajíc memorial on Wenceslas Square in Prague through its iconographic and symbolic dimensions. The study analyses the memorial’s visual elements in relation to the theological background of self­‑sacrifice and compares it with other commemorative sites dedicated to Palach. The horizontal bronze Latin cross design, created by the artist Barbora Veselá, represents both Christian sacrifice and a burning human figure, intentionally integrated into the surrounding pavement. Unlike traditional vertical monuments, this counter­‑monument requires active participation from passers-by, creating a...

Velikán české dogmatické teologie zemřel: nekrolog Ctirada Václava Pospíšila

Veronika Řeháková

Studia Theologica 2025, 27(2):193-19811  

Recenze, Studia theologica 27, č. 2 (2025)

Magdalena Vytlačilová, Jiří Gebelt, Monika Radovanská

Studia Theologica 2025, 27(2):199-21016