Course: Sacramental Celebrations within the Church

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Course title Sacramental Celebrations within the Church
Course code KLP/VTSSC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 24
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kopeček Pavel, doc. Ing. Th.D.
Course content
Topics: Basic life situations. Rites de passage. Development of the concept of sacramentum. Litugia of sacraments as a symbolic communicative act. Dramaturgy of Sacramental Celebration. Christ as Ursakrament. The Church as a basic sacrament.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 10 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 15 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 10 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to deepen the knowledge of theological and anthropological foundations of sacramental liturgy.

Prerequisites
To successfully study the subject, you should be able to interpret and draw conclusions from liturgical texts and individual rituals, to schematize these conclusions and, in an interdisciplinary context, to approach individual sacramental celebrations of the Church.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Systematic Observation of Student, Seminar Work

To complete the course, it is necessary to write a seminar paper in the range of 15 pages, regular consultation on the content of the seminar work, participation in teaching and passing the oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • A. Grillo. (1999). Introduzione alla teologia liturgica. Aproccio teorico alla liturgia e ai sacramenti cristiani. Padova.
  • H. O. Meuffels. (1995). Kommunikative Sakramententheologie. Freiburg.
  • J. Gregur. (2005). Culmen et fons. Liturgie als actio der Kirche im Spannungsfeld von Symbol und Metapher. München.
  • KUNETKA, František. (2001). Úvod do liturgie svátostí. Kostelní Vydří.
  • L. Lies. (2004). Die Sakramente der Kirche. Innsbruck.


Study plans that include the course
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