Introduction to Theology - KSTE008
Title: Úvod do teologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Systematic and Pastoral Theology (26-KSPT)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 28 [hours]
Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: doc. David Vopřada, Dr.
Teacher(s): doc. David Vopřada, Dr.
Is pre-requisite for: KSTE120
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Annotation -
This introductory course of theology discusses what the theology is. The aim is to offer a fundamental "theological horizon" and it gives the essential tools for a deeper study of theology in other courses. After delimiting of the term "theology" and other important theological terms, the course focuses on several "theological models" from the history of Christian theology. The next chapters are the sources and contexts the theology works and communicates with: the Scripture, the Tradition, the Liturgy, the Church, the Science and the Reason.

International students are welcome to participate: at the beginning of the course, an individual curriculum will be prepared for each student, according to his or her language skills and other possibilities. The course will be successfully finished with an oral exam, based on the literature indicated by the teacher.
Last update: Vopřada David, doc., Dr. (30.06.2016)
Aim of the course -

1. Knowledge (Remember)

  • Students will be able to remember fundamental theological terms and definitions as presented in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
  • Students will be able to list the main theological models that have shaped Christian theology throughout history.
  • Students will be able to recall key sources of theology, including Scripture, tradition, and the Church’s magisterium.

2. Comprehension (Understand)

  • Students will be able to explain how theology, as a discipline, reflects on faith and divine revelation.
  • Students will be able to describe different epistemological approaches to theology and their historical development.
  • Students will be able to interpret the significance of various theological models in relation to the history of Christian thought.

3. Application (Apply)

  • Students will be able to apply fundamental theological concepts when analysing biblical and theological texts.
  • Students will be able to use theological models to address contemporary issues in Christian faith and practice.
  • Students will be able to integrate knowledge from theological sources (Scripture, tradition, Church documents) into their academic work.

4. Analysis (Analyse)

  • Students will be able to distinguish different theological methods and their approaches to the study of faith.
  • Students will be able to compare scholastic, historical-critical, and modern approaches to theological research.
  • Students will be able to analyse the relationship between theology, the Church, and culture in various historical periods.

5. Evaluation (Evaluate)

  • Students will be able to critically assess the relevance of different theological models for contemporary theology.
  • Students will be able to evaluate how various theological sources contribute to understanding Christian faith.
  • Students will be able to assess contemporary theological challenges and construct arguments based on recognised models and methods.

6. Creation (Create)

  • Students will be able to compose an analytical paper on a selected theological model or method.
  • Students will be able to create a structured overview of major theological sources and their significance.
  • Students will be able to formulate a theological argument on a selected issue in contemporary Christian faith.
Last update: Vopřada David, doc., Dr. (17.02.2025)
Literature -
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church. The CTS Definitive & Complete Edition, Revised ed. 2016.
  • Dulles, Avery. The Craft of Theology : From Symbol to System. New York: Crossroad, 1992.
Last update: Vopřada David, doc., Dr. (23.10.2019)
Requirements to the exam -
  • Test concerning the knowledge of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Oral exam
Last update: Vopřada David, doc., Dr. (23.10.2019)
Syllabus -

I. Introduction to Theology

  • Theology as knowledge and science of God
  • Theology as Doctrine on God: history of the term and its meaning
  • First description of Theology: intellectus fidei, fides qua and fides quae, etc.

II. Theological Models

  • Theology in the Bible
  • Patristic Models
  • Scholastic Models: First and Second Scholastic, Manualistic
  • Modern Theology: Protestant Theology, Historical-Critical Method, Historiity of Revelation
  • Theology of the 19th to 20th centuries 

III. Sources and contexts of theology

  • Theology and the Bible
  • Theology and the Tradition
  • Theology and the Church
  • Theology and Liturgy
  • Theology, Science, and Reason 

IV. Theological Method at KTF UK

Last update: Vopřada David, doc., Dr. (23.10.2019)