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The paper is a part of the research that focuses on the Catholic theologians and biologists between 1871 and 1910 who accepted Mivart's thesis of the evolutionary origin of the human body, or who, on the contrary, tended to reject it. The paper presents J. Knabenbauer SJ (1839-1911). In the 1930s, Czech theologian J. Miklík asserted that Knabenauer accepted Mivart's position. Knabenbauer's study on evolution is analysed. Already in 1877, Knabenbauer shows, in the first two parts of his work, an openness to the reality of evolutionary origin of species in the fauna and flora. In the third part, he deals with Mivart's thesis. From the philosophical point of view, Knabenbauer admits the possibility of the creation of human body by way of evolution. From the exegetical point of view, he refuses the reading of Gen 2:7 that considered this verse to be an allusion of the origin of the human body from the animal base. Because of this later view, Miklík's information is to be considered imprecise. Knnabenbauer's study contains, though, much relevant information that testifies to the Catholic theology and exegesis of his era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper is a part of research focused on Catholic theologians and biologists who, in the years 1871-1910, in agreement with the so-called Mivart's theory, accepted the evolutionary origin of the human body, or did not reject it. It presents the life and work of Franz von Hummelauer, S.J., a Catholic biblical scholar. Three of his writings, dedicated to the problematics of the exegesis of the biblical account of the Creation, are identified. Hummelauer shows a constant respect for the merits of the natural sciences, and there is no trace of fundamentalism in his work. From 1877, he did not cease to accept the contributions of astronomy, and he shows a great openness to the possibility of the evolutional origin of species both in fauna and flora. Although he strictly rejected the hypothesis of the evolutional origin of the human body in 1877, in 1895, he shows much more prudence regarding Mivart's thesis. If it were possible to exclude the dualism of the instant animation of the body of the first man that came by means of the evolution, the evolutionary origin of the human body would not contradict the biblical account. In his last work on this topic from 1898, Hummelauer constantly shows that the biblical account of the creation has an unequivocal religious informative value and it would be a mistake to search there for statements that would be relevant to the natural sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents liturgical topics in the magazine Vyšehrad (1945-1948). After the Second World War, a new Catholic periodical (weekly, afterwards fortnightly) was founded with the subtitle The Paper for Christian Culture. The magazine included a wide range of topics: reports and comments aimed at the contemporary situation, reflections of cultural events and topics associated with the Church in Czechoslovakia and in the world. Liturgics was a natural - not compulsory, additional or artificial - constituent of almost unvarying sections, since liturgy and closely connected topics (e.g. sacral art) comprised a natural part of the life of contemporary society. The article divides the theme of liturgics in Vyšehrad into four areas: (1) liturgical articles, (2) reviews and reports, (3) information and questions concerning liturgy, (4) art, architecture, liturgical music. The development and intensification of the topics, some of which were tied to pre-war Catholic journalism, was not possible due to the short existence of the magazine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper introduces and reflects upon methodological merits of the author's long-standing work on a book dedicated to the topic of Czech Catholic theology's reaction from 1850 to 1950 to the challenges posed by natural science in the world-wide and interdisciplinary context. It is demonstrated that there is no tension on the axis theology vs. natural science, but on the axis theistic vs. atheistic world-view. The author rejects ideologisation of theology and natural science. In theology, this topic is in the competence of fundamental theology, where a new discipline of "theology of natural science" should be established. Therefore, it should be integrated into dogmatic theology as well, esp. to the treatise on God the Creator and on the qualities of the Triune Creature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]