This thesis deals with a development of human rights, focusing on the right to religious freedom. In particulars is interested in the development of religious attitudes toward human rights in religious documents, and then in the Charter 77 documents. The work begin with a general indication of the problems, describes how human rights are developed, and mentions the documents that accompanied this development and human rights officially ordained. The religious documents are used primarily encyclical, encyclical Mirari vos arbitramur from Pope Gregory XVI and ending with the encyclical Centesimus annus, John Paul II. I also used documents II. Vatican council, Gaudium et Spes and Diginitatis Humanae, which had a major impact on the naming and recognition of human rights in the Church.

The Motif of Holy Kinship in the Christian Tradition and its Application in the Arts with Special Regard to Czech Republic. The work deals with the theme of iconographic analysis of Holy Kinship, focuses on resources in Holy Scripture, in Church tradition and among prominent theologians and historians. The texts are translated from Greek and Latin patrology, church documents and texts of prominent theologians. Toward two known Czech paintings shows two unknown parallels from auction catalogs. Provides an overview of the paintings and sculptures of Holy Kinship in the Czech Republic. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Muzika skambanti bažnyčioje, jos atlikėjai bei atlikimas yra saistomi Bažnyčios dokumentuose nustatytomis normomis, įstatymais, rekomendacijomis, kurie privalomi ir turi būti vykdomi kiekvienoje parapijoje. Magistrinio darbo temą inspiravo daugelyje Bažnyčios dokumentų išsakomas nuogąstavimas dėl nukrypimų nuo sakralinės muzikos tikslo ir padėties: per didelis koncertiškumas, pramoginis muzikos atspalvis, kompozicijų ištęstinumas, nesaikingumas, kuris gali vesti žmogų į bergždžią išsiblaškymą, paviršutiniškumo išraišką. Bažnyčioje neturėtų būti nieko, kas trikdytų ar mažintų tikinčiųjų pamaldumą, kas keltų papiktinimą nepasitenkinimą, kas nusižengtų liturgijos sakralumui. Muzika yra pavaldi pamaldoms. Todėl žmogaus santykis su sakraline muzika ir raiškos savastis yra labai tampriai susiję ir vienas kitam daro įtaką. Muzika turi pajėgti žmogaus sielą pakelti į maldingą bendravimą su Viešpačiu. O už žmogaus ir sakralios muzikos sklaidą atsako bažnyčia, kompozitoriai, vargonininkai, choro vadovai, giedotojai, bendruomenė, instrumentalistai. Todėl savo darbe analizavau šias tarnystes, aiškindamasi kaip jos galėtų pasitarnauti žmogaus pamaldumo augimui ir sakralios muzikos skleidimui. Magistriniame darbe buvo siekiama: apibūdinti žmogaus santykį su sakraline muzika pagal Katalikų Bažnyčios dokumentus; apibūdinti giesmininkų reikšmę liturgijoje ir jų dažniausiai daromas klaidas; suformuoti muzikanto tarnystės reikalavimus; apibrėžti instrumentų naudojimą liturgijoje; patikrinti... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Church music, its character and its performers have to conform to the norms provided by the documents of the Church. The laws and recommendations found in these documents are obligatory for every parish. This master paper has been inspired by the regret of the Church documents about some deviations from the aim and the true role of sacral music, such as concert–like style, the shade of pop music, prolonged composition, lack of taste, etc. This can lead people to absent-mindedness and superficiality in prayer. Nothing in the church should decrease people’s concentration or the holiness of the liturgy. Music must be second to liturgy, it must lift people’s souls to pious communication with God. Therefore, man’s relationship with sacral music and its expression influence one another. The quality of this relationship and of the music in church is the responsibility of the parish, of composers, organists, choir directors, singers, instrument players and of the community as a whole. Thus, this paper deals with all of these ministries and their role in helping church music to increase people’s piety. The paper aims at showing people’s relationship with sacral music according to the documents of the Catholic Church, as well as the role of the singers in the liturgy and the most frequent mistakes they make. The paper also tries to formulate the requirements for musical service and the use of instruments in the liturgy. We have investigated into the opinions of church organists in... [to full text]

The dissertation concerns the use of modern music during liturgy. The first chapter is devoted to a music mentioned in the Bible. Church documents about the music in liturgy are investigated in the second and third chapter. Fourth chapter describes musical instruments and their use. Fifth chapter brings knowledge about modern scared music in Czech countries from beginning till today. Sixth chapter describes particular genres of modern sacred music. The specification of genres begins with spirituals and gospel music. These songs are traditional sacred music from Africa and America. The chapter continues with church jazz and rock. These genres originate from traditional sacred music. The next is church folk and songs from Taizé. Sixth chapter ends with music with electronic instruments. Seventh chapter describes hymn-books from totalitarianism till the present. The dissertation closes with eighth chapter with the tittle Prognosis in the future which is about modern sacred music in future.

The thesis, on the background of biblical and historical origins, gathers some of the present theological views, formed in particular by the papal documents that commend on marriage. It emphasizes the essential elements of this sacrament, with regards to their comprehensibility to the present recipients. It also deals with the problematic situations arising after the disintegration of the sacramental bond, and mentions possible approaches to addressing the issue of birth control. It also reflects some of the critical views and compares them with the Church's current teaching, in order to indicate the desirable plurality of views containing the potential for future solutions to the conflicts that have arisen. Specific attention is paid to the integration of Catholic Christians living in illegitimate relationships into full communion with the Church and the resulting tasks of particular Catholic communities.

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Globalization has turned the world into one ”huge village”. Various nations and cultures have integrated during this process and multiculturalism has resulted. Yet, many people are struggling to accept one another as members of one ”global village”. The difference in culture, race and ethnicity are creating barriers amongst the various nations. These hurdles prevent many communities from living in peace and harmony. Religious community are also facing similar struggles. The Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (FIC) and other international congregations are called by the Bible and the church to give hope of unity in a diverse cultural context. These congregations are challenged on a continuous basis to search for processes that will assist them to take up their prophetic dimension in witnessing the possibility of living multicultural life in unity. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M.Th. (Missiology)

Globalization has turned the world into one ”huge village”. Various nations and cultures have integrated during this process and multiculturalism has resulted. Yet, many people are struggling to accept one another as members of one ”global village”. The difference in culture, race and ethnicity are creating barriers amongst the various nations. These hurdles prevent many communities from living in peace and harmony. Religious community are also facing similar struggles. The Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (FIC) and other international congregations are called by the Bible and the church to give hope of unity in a diverse cultural context. These congregations are challenged on a continuous basis to search for processes that will assist them to take up their prophetic dimension in witnessing the possibility of living multicultural life in unity. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M.Th. (Missiology)

The main topic of this work is an effort to answer the question, whether confessional teaching of religion is the right way to approach pupils from secular environment. In the first part of my work I follow up the definition of catechesis and its history. Next I compare confessional and unconfessional way of teaching religion, and as an alternative to it, I propose the teaching focused on cultural context. I also give attention to the term ?secular society? and consequences from that in religion teaching. I look for goals and contents of religion teaching in individual church documents with consideration to non-religious pupils. In the last section of this work I pay attention to developmental psychology, development of religious judgment and the character of educator. In the very end I try to find solutions to teachings focused on cultural context.