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Course, academic year 2025/2026
   
Ecclesiology - KSTE048
Title: Ekleziologie
Form of teaching: lecture
Guaranteed by: Department of Systematic and Pastoral Theology (26-KSPT)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2025
Duration in semesters: 1
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:3/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Additional information: http://ktf.cuni.cz/~prokop/Ekleziologie/
Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2
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. Mgr. David Bouma, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. Mgr. David Bouma, Ph.D.
ThLic. Mgr. Tomáš Mohelník, Th.D.
Is co-requisite for: KSTE081
Is pre-requisite for: KSTE113, KSTE047, KSTE097
Annotation -
The course of Ecclesiology approaches the mystery of the church from the perspective of the systematic theology aspiring to connect it with the whole of the Christian faith.
The course is divided into the two main parts: The first part explores biblical sources and contents of the Tradition from the beginning to the modern era. The second part proposes a theological synthesis of the certain topics (definition and personality of the church) and provides an interpretation of the four marks of the church defined by the Creed (unity, holiness, catholicity and apostolicity).
Last update: Mohelník Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr., Th.D. (25.10.2019)
Aim of the course -

Learning Outcomes According to the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

  1. Remember
    The student lists and defines the basic concepts of ecclesiology, biblical images of the Church, the concept of the Church as mystery, its basic definitions, and the four marks of the Church.

  2. Understand
    The student explains the place of ecclesiology within dogmatic theology, clarifies the significance of the biblical images of the Church and the Kingdom of God, and characterizes the Church as the Body of Christ, the Temple of the Spirit, and the People of God.

  3. Apply
    The student applies basic ecclesiological concepts in interpreting specific biblical, traditional, and systematic-theological themes and shows how the individual images and definitions of the Church relate to its life and mission.

  4. Analyze
    The student distinguishes and compares different models and images of the Church, analyzes the relationship between biblical sources, Tradition, and systematic synthesis, and examines the concepts of the definition and personality of the Church.

  5. Evaluate
    The student assesses the theological adequacy of different ways of defining the Church and evaluates the significance of unity, holiness, catholicity, apostolicity, and indefectibility for understanding the identity of the Church.

  6. Create
    The student synthesizes biblical, traditional, and systematic-theological knowledge into a coherent understanding of the Church and independently formulates a theologically coherent account of its identity, personality, marks, and place within the whole of the Christian faith.

Last update: Mohelník Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr., Th.D. (26.08.2026)
Literature -

From documents of II. Vatican Council: Lumen gentium, Unitatis redintegratio, Ad gentes.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Y. J. Congar, Za církev sloužící a chudou, Karmelitánské nakladatelství, Kostelní Vydří 1995.

H. de Lubac, Katolicismus. Společenská hlediska dogmatu, Karmelitánské nakladatelství, Kostelní Vydří 1995.

H. de Lubac, Meditace o Církvi, Karmelitánské nakladatelství, Kostelní Vydří 2010.

G. L. Müller, Dogmatika pro studium a pastoraci, Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství 2010, zvláště kap. 10. Církev - Nový Boží lid smlouvy, s. 580-638.

 

A detailed bibliography is included in the Moodle course available to registered students.

Last update: Mohelník Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr., Th.D. (25.10.2019)
Teaching methods -

University lectures, active student participation, debates, individual study based on the recommended literature.

Last update: Mohelník Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr., Th.D. (25.10.2019)
Course assessment methods and requirements for successful completion, grading scheme -

In order to take the exam, you must enroll in the relevant Moodle course no later than 14 days after the start of the lectures.

An oral exam. Every student chooses and presents one of the topics. Afterwards, he answers few additional questions covering the rest of the studied treatise. 

Last update: Mohelník Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr., Th.D. (14.09.2025)
Syllabus -

An introduction to the whole treatise

1) The orientation and the nature of the subject

2) The place of ecclesiology in the structure of systematic theology

3) The object of ecclesiology

4) The history of the church and the history of ecclesiology

I) Positive theology

1) Description of the church

A) Biblical images of the church and the kingdom of God

B) The body of Christ

C) The temple of the Spirit

D) God´s people

2) The church as mystery

A) Mystery – truth

B) Mystery – reality

II) Speculative theology

1) Definition of the church

A) The nominal definition of the Church

B) The personality of the Church

2) The marks of the church

A) The church is one

B) The church is holy

C) The church is catholic

D) The church is apostolic

E) Incorruptibility of the Church

Last update: Mohelník Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr., Th.D. (25.10.2019)
Learning resources

Moodle - Course accessible to enrolled students.

Last update: Mohelník Tomáš, ThLic. Mgr., Th.D. (25.10.2019)
 
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