Department of Historical Theology and Church History












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            The former “Department of Church History and Hussite studies” was led by Miloslav Kaňák be

            and since 1982 it was led by Amadeo Molnár. In 1990 – 1995 Jan Blahoslav Lášek was the hea
            Department. From 1995 to 2001 Alexander Kolesnyk was the head of the “Department of Religi
            Church Law.”

            The Department carries out pedagogical as well as scientific activities in the area of Chu
            the oldest Christian parishes to the current diversified state of Churches and denominatio
            had a decisive impact on the whole western cultural world and played an important role in 

            history in Asia, Africa and Latin America, always coexisting with the society which surrou
            shaped during history. The members of the Department research these processes and try to d

            the impact Christendom had on society but also what changes in formulating and understandi
            message did society bring to Christendom. Church history cannot stay isolated from general
            socio-cultural and legal history; it is interpreted contextually, just like legal subjects



            The members of the Department participate in a number of research projects including a wid

            Church history spheres and popularizing the research outcomes through lectures and nonfict
            The Head of the Department of Historical Theology and Church History is currently prof. Ja
            Lášek. The Cabinet of Old Catholic Church is a part of the Department of Church History.





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            * Research Area
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            History of Bohemian and European Reformation, Church history of 19th and 20th century, his
            Czechoslovak Hussite Church and catholic modernism.