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Patrology 1 - KSTE041
Title: Patrologie 1
Guaranteed by: Department of Systematic and Pastoral Theology (26-KSPT)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
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.
Incompatibility : KSTE094
Is co-requisite for: KSTE042
Is incompatible with: KSTE094
Annotation -
The course covers the history and theology of ancient Christian literature of the pre-Nicaean period, i.e. from the first to the beginning of the fourth century.
Last update: Vopřada David, doc., Dr. (18.08.2020)
Aim of the course -

1. Knowledge (Remember)

  • Students will be able to remember the main figures and works of early Christian literature from the 1st to the early 4th century.
  • Students will be able to list key theological concepts associated with individual authors (e.g., Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Cyprian).
  • Students will be able to recall the historical and cultural context in which early Christian texts emerged.

2. Comprehension (Understand)

  • Students will be able to explain the fundamental themes of patristic theology and their relation to early Christological and Trinitarian debates.
  • Students will be able to describe the different literary genres of early Christian literature (e.g., apologetics, exegetical literature, martyrdom accounts).
  • Students will be able to interpret the significance of key theological texts in the context of their time.

3. Application (Apply)

  • Students will be able to apply basic methods of patristic research when analysing primary texts.
  • Students will be able to use patristic ideas when examining historical and contemporary theological debates.
  • Students will be able to translate theoretical knowledge into practice by producing their own analyses and commentaries on early Christian texts.

4. Analysis (Analyse)

  • Students will be able to distinguish major theological trends in early Christianity and their relation to contemporary heretical movements.
  • Students will be able to compare different theological arguments in texts by selected authors (e.g., Justin Martyr and Irenaeus in relation to Gnosticism).
  • Students will be able to analyse the structure and argumentative techniques of early Christian works.

5. Evaluation (Evaluate)

  • Students will be able to critically assess the significance of patristic texts for the formation of early Christian theology.
  • Students will be able to evaluate how patristic thought influenced the further development of Christian doctrine.
  • Students will be able to assess different interpretations of early Christian texts in contemporary academic discourse.

6. Creation (Create)

  • Students will be able to produce an analytical paper on a selected early Christian author or theological concept.
  • Students will be able to create an annotation and commentary on selected early Christian texts.
  • Students will be able to propose critical revisions or expansions of academic resources related to patristics.
Last update: Vopřada David, doc., Dr. (17.02.2025)
Course completion requirements -

The final mark consists of the following:

  • the active participation during lectures and preparation of Patristic texts for the reading in class (30%),
  • three short papers on the content and theology of ancient Christian text; each of them at least 5,400 chars long:
    • first, on a writing from the period of Apostolic Fathers;
    • second, on a writing from the period of the Apologists;
    • third, on a New Testament apocryphon or a martyrological text (30%).
  • oral exam based upon the indicated bibliography and evaluation of the above-mentioned papers (40%).
Last update: Vopřada David, doc., Dr. (18.08.2020)
Literature -

Hubertus R. Drobner. The Fathers of the Church: a comprehensive introduction. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2016.

Last update: Vopřada David, doc., Dr. (18.08.2020)
Teaching methods - Czech

Přednášky a četba pramenů.

Prostředí MS Teams

Kurz v Moodle

Last update: Vopřada David, doc., Dr. (01.10.2020)
Syllabus - Czech
  1. Úvod do patrologie
  2. Spisy apoštolských otců 
  3. Gnóze a mystéria
  4. Justin
  5. Irenej
  6. Alexandrijská teologie I
  7. Alexandrijská teologie II.
  8. Hippolyt a problematika Apoštolské tradice
  9. Novozákonní apokryfy
  10. Martyrologická literatura
  11. Tertulián
  12. Cyprián
  13. Patristická teologie 3. století
Last update: Vopřada David, doc., Dr. (18.08.2020)
 
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