Theological anthropology - KSTE436
Title: Teologická antropologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Systematic and Pastoral Theology (26-KSPT)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 10
Examination process: winter s.:
summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:7/0, --- [HS]
summer s.:7/0, Ex [HS]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences: critical thinking, data literacy
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: distance
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: prof. PhLic. Vojtěch Novotný, Th.D.
Examination dates   WS schedule   SS schedule   Noticeboard   
Annotation -
This course of theological anthropology introduces the student to why and how the triune God in Jesus Christ created man and how He brings this work to its intended end in spite of sin. It is thus concerned with how Christ, "precisely by revealing the mystery of the Father and his love, fully reveals man to himself and makes known to him the sublimity of his vocation" (Gaudium et spes, 22).
Last update: Novotný Vojtěch, prof. PhLic., Th.D. (30.09.2024)
Aim of the course -

Foundations of theological anthropology.

Last update: Novotný Vojtěch, prof. PhLic., Th.D. (30.09.2024)
Course completion requirements -
See test requirements.
Last update: Novotný Vojtěch, prof. PhLic., Th.D. (30.09.2024)
Literature -

Reading: by mutual agreement, according to the student's linguistic disposition.

Last update: Novotný Vojtěch, prof. PhLic., Th.D. (30.09.2024)
Teaching methods -
Lecture, guided reading, individual study.
Last update: Novotný Vojtěch, prof. PhLic., Th.D. (30.09.2024)
Requirements to the exam -

The exam is written. The student must demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the study texts. He/she will prepare an answer to two questions given in the course syllabus. They choose them so that each question comes from a different chapter of the syllabus. In preparing the answer, he/she shall follow the Rules for the Formal Editing of Academic Written Work. The length of each answer: maximum 4 pages excluding the title page. In addition to form, the work with sources and, in particular, the conciseness of the content of the answers will be assessed. Feedback from the tutor, oral colloquium if necessary.

Latest date: 31 May 2025.

Last update: Novotný Vojtěch, prof. PhLic., Th.D. (30.09.2024)
Syllabus -

1. Epistemological foundations of theological reflection on man

1.1 What place has reflection on man had in the history of theology?

1.2 What is the contribution of the constitution Gaudium et spes to Christian anthropology and where are its limits?

2. Man created by the triune God

2.1 What are the basic themes and perspectives of the theology of the creation of man?

2.2 What are the basic meanings of the statement that man was created in the image of God (biblical foundations; interpretation in history)?

2.3 What polarities are included in the concept of the imago Dei (man as person; body-soul polarity; male-female polarity; individual-community polarity; freedom-determination polarity)?

3. Original state, original sin, original guilt

3.1 What are the biblical foundations of this doctrine and what has been its development in the history of dogma and the history of theology?

3.2 What does it mean that man was created in holiness and righteousness, what are the extra-natural and supernatural gifts?

3.3 What does the doctrine of original sin and original guilt mean in terms of systematic theology?


4. Grace

4.1 What are the biblical foundations of this doctrine and what has been its development in the history of dogma and the history of theology?

4.2 What is the content of the doctrine of habitual grace, actual grace, predestination, justification, and merit?

Last update: Novotný Vojtěch, prof. PhLic., Th.D. (30.09.2024)
Entry requirements -
Natural intelligence, humility, diligence.
Last update: Novotný Vojtěch, prof. PhLic., Th.D. (30.09.2024)