The work focuses on the virtue of love by Thomas Aquinas. It mainly deals with the principles of love in the philosophy of T. Aquinas, but also with themes that with concept of love directly related - such as the general conception of virtue, goodness, happiness or sins against love. The thesis is divided into seven chapters. The first chapter is an introduction to the work of T. Aquinas. The second chapter deals with the basic characteristic of the concept of virtue and differentiation of natural and supernatural virtues. The next chapter deals with the concept of love itself. In this chapter there are the basic definitions and differentiation types of love. Another chapter is devoted to one of the question in Summa Theologica - About love itself which is perceived like basic question of the concept virtue of love by T. Aquinas. The fifth chapter deals with sins against love, which are seens as contravene to the love. Another sixth chapter focuses on whether love can be increased or decreased. The last chapter is devoted to the love from the today perspective.

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Zusammenfassung Diese Untersuchung besteht aus sechs Hauptpunkten. Nach der Einleitung (I.) zum Thema, werden unter II. verschiedene Begriffe definiert und die Inhalte gegenüber verwandten Gebieten abgegrenzt. Als dritter Hauptpunkt (III.) folgt eine Untersuchung zu den klassischen Typologien der Pflichtenkollisionen. Dieses Thema wurde in der Vergangenheit in der Theologie und Philosophie immer wieder breit diskutiert. Unter IV. werden die Pflichtenkollisionen im lukanischen Doppelwerk untersucht. Diese exegetische Analyse soll aufzeigen, wie Jesus und die Apostel solchen Situationen begegnen und damit umgegangen sind. In diesem Zusammenhang wird auch die Frage nach möglicher Schuld, als Konsequenz, untersucht. Der fünfte Hauptpunkt (V.) beschäftigt sich mit dem richtigen Verhalten in Pflichtenkollisionen. Einerseits wird die Position des Autors näher begründet und andererseits ein Vorschlag für eine Wertreihenfolge als Richtschnur im Konfliktfall angeboten. Im letzten Teil (VI.) werden die Erkenntnisse der Untersuchung auf sieben konkreten Fälle von Pflichtenkollisionen aus der Gemeinde und der Geschäftswelt praktisch angewendet. / This analysis consists of six main sections. Following the introduction of the theme (I), various terms are defined (II), and the contents are distinguished from related topics, with pertinent reasons given. The third (III) section consists of the results of my research on the classic typologies of conflicting duties. In the past, this subject has been widely discussed in the theological and philosophical circles. In the fourth (IV) section, conflicting duties are examined in light of Luke's writings. The goal of this exegetic analysis is to show how Jesus and the apostles met such situations, and how they dealt with them. In connection with this topic, the question of possible guilt, as a consequence, is researched. The fifth (V) section deals with proper behaviour toward conflicting duties. On one hand, the position of the author is established, and on the other hand a proposal is offered for a prioritization of values as a guiding principle in conflict situations. In the last section (VI), the findings of the research are applied practically to seven concrete examples of conflicting duties within the church and society. / Systematic Theology & Theological Ethics / M. Th. (Theological Ethics)

This thesis covers the concepts of God in the traditional faith of Meru people but the background goes back to African traditional religion in general. Meru is located at the eastern part of Mount Kenya. The work begins with a literature review and field based on oral tradition, which indicates that Meru people came from northern Africa, moved to Canaan, Meroe, (south of Egypt) Meru-Arusha, Mombasa, and finally through Tana River to their present land. The Meru people also claim that they came along with all Bantus speaking communities in Eastern, Southern, and Central Africa. The thesis has seven chapters. The first one covers introduction and background, followed by the research plan and methodology (chapter two) Literature review (chapter three). The fourth chapter outlines the geography, migration and the various stages of becoming a human being. That fifth chapter consists of Meru traditional government and specialists. The sixth one describes the concepts of the Supreme Being in Meru traditional religion. The seventh chapter discusses the interaction of Meru traditional religion with Christianity and its implications. / Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics / M.Th. (Systematic Theology)

Zusammenfassung Diese Untersuchung besteht aus sechs Hauptpunkten. Nach der Einleitung (I.) zum Thema, werden unter II. verschiedene Begriffe definiert und die Inhalte gegenüber verwandten Gebieten abgegrenzt. Als dritter Hauptpunkt (III.) folgt eine Untersuchung zu den klassischen Typologien der Pflichtenkollisionen. Dieses Thema wurde in der Vergangenheit in der Theologie und Philosophie immer wieder breit diskutiert. Unter IV. werden die Pflichtenkollisionen im lukanischen Doppelwerk untersucht. Diese exegetische Analyse soll aufzeigen, wie Jesus und die Apostel solchen Situationen begegnen und damit umgegangen sind. In diesem Zusammenhang wird auch die Frage nach möglicher Schuld, als Konsequenz, untersucht. Der fünfte Hauptpunkt (V.) beschäftigt sich mit dem richtigen Verhalten in Pflichtenkollisionen. Einerseits wird die Position des Autors näher begründet und andererseits ein Vorschlag für eine Wertreihenfolge als Richtschnur im Konfliktfall angeboten. Im letzten Teil (VI.) werden die Erkenntnisse der Untersuchung auf sieben konkreten Fälle von Pflichtenkollisionen aus der Gemeinde und der Geschäftswelt praktisch angewendet. / This analysis consists of six main sections. Following the introduction of the theme (I), various terms are defined (II), and the contents are distinguished from related topics, with pertinent reasons given. The third (III) section consists of the results of my research on the classic typologies of conflicting duties. In the past, this subject has been widely discussed in the theological and philosophical circles. In the fourth (IV) section, conflicting duties are examined in light of Luke's writings. The goal of this exegetic analysis is to show how Jesus and the apostles met such situations, and how they dealt with them. In connection with this topic, the question of possible guilt, as a consequence, is researched. The fifth (V) section deals with proper behaviour toward conflicting duties. On one hand, the position of the author is established, and on the other hand a proposal is offered for a prioritization of values as a guiding principle in conflict situations. In the last section (VI), the findings of the research are applied practically to seven concrete examples of conflicting duties within the church and society. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Theological Ethics)

This thesis covers the concepts of God in the traditional faith of Meru people but the background goes back to African traditional religion in general. Meru is located at the eastern part of Mount Kenya. The work begins with a literature review and field based on oral tradition, which indicates that Meru people came from northern Africa, moved to Canaan, Meroe, (south of Egypt) Meru-Arusha, Mombasa, and finally through Tana River to their present land. The Meru people also claim that they came along with all Bantus speaking communities in Eastern, Southern, and Central Africa. The thesis has seven chapters. The first one covers introduction and background, followed by the research plan and methodology (chapter two) Literature review (chapter three). The fourth chapter outlines the geography, migration and the various stages of becoming a human being. That fifth chapter consists of Meru traditional government and specialists. The sixth one describes the concepts of the Supreme Being in Meru traditional religion. The seventh chapter discusses the interaction of Meru traditional religion with Christianity and its implications. / Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics / M.Th. (Systematic Theology)

Scholarship has tended to depict John Owen as a “Reformed catholic” attempting a synthesis of Reformed principles with a largely Thomist doctrine of God. In this thesis, I argue that this depiction risks losing sight of those aspects of Owen's doctrine of God that are intended to support a distinctly Protestant account of the economy of grace. By an examination of the principles of divine government, I argue that Owen employs the theme of God's “dominion” in order to establish the freedom and gratuity of God's grace, and to resist theologies that might otherwise use the doctrine of creation to structure and norm God's government of creatures. In chapter one, I argue against prevailing readings of Owen's thought that his theology of the divine will is, in fact, “voluntarist” in nature, prioritizing God's will over his intellect in the determination of the divine decree. I show that Owen regards God's absolute dominion as an entailment of his ontological priority over creatures. Chapters two and three examine the character of God's dominion over creatures in virtue of their “two-fold dependence” upon him as both Creator and Lawgiver. Chapter four takes up Owen's theology of God's remunerative justice in the context of his covenant theology. I show here that his doctrine of divine dominion underwrites his critique of merit-theology and attempts to establish the gratuity of that supernatural end to which humans are destined. Finally, in chapter five, I examine the principles of God's mercy, expressed in the work of redemption, where I demonstrate how Owen's conception of divine dominion underwrites the freedom of God in election and his account of particular redemption.

in English The following work is about Matěj Procházka (1811-1889), an important figure of national and ecclesiastical life in Moravia in 19th century and a member of the circle around Professor František Sušil, the-so-called Sušilova družina. The detailed biography presented here is the result of historical research into resource materials from several different archives in Moravia. This work examines three main periods of Procházka's life. He spent his childhood and student years, firstly, in his native town of Brtnice, then in Jihlava and Brno. After ordination, he served as a priest for sixteen years in different parishes of Brno diocese. Then he lived in Brno for nearly forty years while working as a secondary grammar school teacher and catechist and being involved in different activities, such as the Czech national revival, Catholic associations, education, and especially, publishing. This work maps the importance of the personage of Matěj Procházka as seen by his contemporaries and by following generations up to the present. It also brings out the overall characteristics of this priest. A part of this study is a new and enlarged bibliography of Procházka's works, as writer, journalist, translator, reviewer, poet, and author of scientific and scholarly treatises. In his works, he covered a...

Today, some twelve million immigrants are unlawfully present in the United States. What response to this situation does Christian theology suggest for these immigrants and those who receive them? To this question about the status of immigrants before the law, the theological literature lacks an understanding of how federal U.S. immigration law developed, and it lacks a robust theological account of the governance of immigration. To fill this gap, the thesis presents three stages in the formation of the laws that designate some immigrants as aliens unlawfully present or illegal aliens, drawing out the moral argumentation in each phase and responding with moral theology. In the first stage, non-citizens were called aliens in U.S. law. In response to the argument that aliens exist as a consequence of natural law, Christian teaching indicates that immigrants are not alien either in creation or for the church. In the second stage, the authority of the federal government to exclude and expel aliens was established, leaving those who do not comply to be designated illegal aliens. To the claim that the federal government has unlimited sovereignty over immigration, interpretations of the Christian Scriptures respond that divine sovereignty limits and directs civil authority over immigration. In the third stage, legal reforms that were intended to end discrimination between countries allowed millions from countries neighboring the U.S. to become illegal aliens. These reforms turn out to be unjust on philosophical grounds and unneighborly on theological grounds. While federal law classes many as aliens unlawfully present in the United States, Christian political theology indicates that immigrants are not alien, the government of immigration is limited by divine judgment, and nationals of neighboring countries deserve special regard.

Die Untersuchung 'Von den Ähnlichkeiten und Differenzen. Ehre und Drama des XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderts in Italien und Spanien' stellt ein Standardwerk sowie den bisher stärksten und gründlichsten Beitrag zu einem der meistdiskutierten Themen der Hispanistik, zur Ehre und zum Drama des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts unter Berücksichtigung Italiens dar, das im Rahmen eines kulturtheoretischen, semiotisch-epistemologischen Konzepts ein umfassendes Interpretations- und Erklärungsmodell für die interkulturelle und intertextuelle Behandlung der Gebiete Drama, Poetik, Ehre, Ethik, Rechtsphilosophie, Moraltheologie, Strafgesetze entwickelt. Die Arbeit gliedert sich in zwei große Abteilungen: die erste beschäftigt sich gleichermaßen mit dem Ehr-begriff, der Rache, der Ehe und dem Ehebruch in der Ethik und Jurisprudenz in Italien und Spanien. (Hier greift er auf die römische, germanische und spanische Rechtsprechung des Mittelalters, auf die Moraltheologie, auf die Bücher der Beichtväter und Prediger, auf Sammlungen von Sprichworten und Anekdoten zurück.) Auf Grundlage dieses Materials werden die Wesenszüge, die Ähnlichkeiten und Differenzen, zwischen beiden Systemen. Im zweiten Teil der Analyse der Tragödie und der Tragikomödie in Italien und Spanien des XVI. und XVII. Jahrhundert mit über dreihundert Dramen gewidmet, wird Ein vergleichbares Verfahren, das der Ähnlichkeiten und Differenzen, bei den historisch-typologischen Untersuchung (Poetiken) der dramatischen Gattungen in beiden Ländern verwendet womit ein System zur Verfügung gestellt wird, das die Ehrendramen erklärt und interpretiert. Die Arbeit schließt mit einem Modell für die epistemologische (von den Ursprüngen des Ehrdiskurses und seiner Konstituenten im entsprechenden Epistem der Epoche) und zeichenhafte Interpretation (in ihrer Konkre-tisierung in semantische, pragmatische und syntaktische ‚Marken‘). / La investigación 'De las Similitudes y Diferencias. Honor y Drama de los siglos XVI y XVII en Italia y España' es una obra fundamental y la contribución más importante y completa en el contexto de un sistema semiótico-epistemológico de la teoría de la cultura desarrolla un amplio modelo de interpretación para los campos del drama, del honor, de la ética, de la teología moral, de la jurisprudencia, de las leyes penales, etc. El trabajo se divide en dos grandes partes: la primera se ocupa del concepto de honor, venganza, matrimonio, adulterio etc. en la ética, en la jurisprudencia (recurriendo aquí a la jurisprudencia romana, germana y a la española medieval, a la teología moral, a los libros de confesores y predicadores, a colecciones de refranes y de anecdotarios tanto en Italia como en España. Partiendo de este material se establecen las características fundamentales, de las similitudes y diferencias, entre ambos sistemas. En la segunda parte dedicada al análisis dramático de la tragedia, y tragicomedia en Italia y España de los siglos XVI y XVII se emplea el mismo procedimiento, de las similitudes y diferencias para el estudio histórico-tipológico de los géneros dramáticos (y poéticas) en ambos países desarrollando un sistema explicativo e interpretativo para los dramas de honor. El trabajo concluye con un modelo para la interpretación epistemológica (del origen del discurso del honor y sus constituyentes en la respectiva episteme de la época) y sígnica (de su concretización en ‘marcas’ semánticas, pragmáticas y sintácticas). / La ricerca 'De le Similitudini e Differenze. Onore e dramma nel Cinquecento e nel Seicento in Italia e in Spagna' è un’opera fondamentale e il contributo più importante e completo nel contesto di un sistema semioti-co-epistemologico di teoria della cultura, che sviluppa un ampio mo-dello interpretativo per i campi del dramma, dell’onore, dell'etica, della teologia morale, della giurisprudenza, del diritto penale, ecc. L’opera è divisa in due parti principali: la prima tratta il concetto di onore, vendetta, matrimonio, adulterio, ecc. nell'etica, nella giurisprudenza (attingendo alla giurisprudenza romana, tedesca e spagnola medievale, alla teologia morale, ai libri di confessori e predicatori, alle raccolte di proverbi e aneddoti sia in Italia che in Spagna). Sulla base di questo materiale, vengono stabilite le caratteristiche fondamentali, le similitudini e le differenze tra i due sistemi. Nella seconda parte, dedicata all’analisi drammatica della tragedia e della tragicommedia in Italia e in Spagna nei secoli XVI e XVII, lo stesso procedimento viene utilizzato per lo studio storico-tipologico dei generi drammatici (e delle poetiche) in entrambi i paesi, sviluppando un sistema esplicativo e interpretativo dei drammi d’onore. Il lavoro si conclude con un modello di interpretazione epistemologica (dell’origine del discorso dell’onore e dei suoi costituenti nella rispettiva episteme del tempo) e di segni (della sua concretizzazione in ‘segni’ semantici, pragmatici e sintattici). / The Study 'On Similarities and Differences. Honour and Drama of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries in Italy and Spain' is a standard work and the strongest and most thorough contribution to date to one of the most discussed topics in Hispanic Studies, Honour and drama in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, taking Italy into account. It develops a comprehensive model of interpretation and explanation for the intercultural and intertextual treatment of the fields of drama, honour, ethics, legal philosophy, moral theology and penal laws within the framework of a cultural-theoretical, semiotic-epistemological concept. The work is divided into two large sections: the first deals equally with the concept of honour, revenge, marriage and adultery in ethics and jurisprudence in Italy and Spain. (Here he draws on Roman, Greek and Spanish jurisprudence of the Middle Ages, on moral theology, on the books of the confessors and preachers, on collections of proverbs and anecdotes). On the basis of this material, the traits, the similarities and differences, between the two systems are analysed. In the second part, dedicated to the analysis of tragedy and tragicomedy in Italy and Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries, with over three hundred dramas, a comparable method, that of similarities and differences, is used in the historical-typological study (poetics) of the dramatic genres in both countries, providing a system that explains and interprets the dramas of honour. The work concludes with a model for the epistemological (from the origins of the discourse of honour and its constituents in the corresponding episteme of the period) and sign-like interpretation (in its concretisation in semantic, pragmatic and syntactic ‘marks’). / La recherche 'Des Similitudes et Différences. Honneur et drame aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles en Italie et en Espagne' est un ouvrage fondamental et la contribution la plus importante et la plus complète dans le cadre d’un système sémiotique-épistémologique de la théorie de la culture. Ici on développe un vaste modèle d’interprétation pour les domaines du drame, de l’honneur, de l’éthique, de la théologie morale, de la jurispru-dence, du droit pénal, etc. L’ouvrage est divisé en deux grandes parties: la première traite du concept d’honneur, de vengeance, de mariage, d’adultère, etc. dans l'éthique, la jurisprudence (en s’appuyant ici sur la jurisprudence romaine, alle-mande et espagnole médiévale, la théologie morale, les livres des confesseurs et des prédicateurs, les recueils de proverbes et d’anecdotes en Italie et en Espagne). Sur la base de ce matériel, les caractéristiques fondamentales, les similitudes et les différences entre les deux systèmes sont établies. Dans la deuxième partie consacrée à l'analyse dramatique de la tragédie et de la tragi-comédie en Italie et en Espagne aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles, la même procédure de similitudes et de différences est utilisée pour l’étude historico-typologique des genres dramatiques (et de poétiques) dans les deux pays, en développant un système explicatif et interprétatif pour les drames d’honneur. L’œuvre conclue avec un modèle d’interprétation épistémologique (de l’origine du discours de l’honneur et de ses constituants dans l’épistème respectif de l’époque) et de l’interprétation des signes (de sa concrétisation en ‘marques’ sémantiques, pragmatiques et syntaxiques).