Manželství a celibát v Kristu podle 1 Kor 7

• Main Author: Dušek, Filip
• Other Authors: Brož, Jaroslav
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: Czech
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-336747

MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY IN CHRIST ACCORDING TO 1 CORINTHIANS 7. The aim of this thesis is to show the light which in Jesus Christ newly illuminated two forms of human life: the married life and the celibacy. Thanks to the comparison of the Christian understanding of marriage and celibacy, as they are described in the New Testament, with the understanding of these forms of life in the Hellenistic world and in Judaism it gets to a differentiation of the accents typical for the period from those that are essentially Christian. A special emphasis is put on the seventh chapter of the First Letter to the Corinthians. By putting the message of this chapter about marriage and celibacy into the context of the whole Scripture and tradition of the Church, the thesis pursues another goal - i. e. a Catholic interpretation of the words of the Apostle. The chapter in question was many times in history explained as a glorification of virginity, while the interpreters often ignored the impact of this one-handed accent on the self-confidence of the Christian married couples. The second aim of this thesis is to find a conciliatory interpretation of the words of the Apostle even for the married couples, so that the maximalism of the Christian endeavour for sanctity is preserved. To reach the aforementioned goal the...