Pavel Černý – personal website

Ecumenical Conference: Called to Hope, Key Players in Dialogue

2025-12-18T00:00:00Z

Ecumenical Conference took place in Gastel Gandolfo, Italy under the name: Called to Hope, Key Players in Dialogue. April 26–29, 2025

God - man - creation: The Mission of the Church in caring for creation.

2024-07-31T00:00:00Z

Theological forum with Revd. Dr. Dave Bookless (A Rocha)

Forms of liturgy in the home - family devotions

2023-10-23T00:00:00Z

Forms of worship in the home are connected with the origin and development of the Church. First of all, Jesus’ disciples met in the Temple and in their homes. Christians also used synagogues, which were spread across the whole Roman Empire. Further advancement brought an emphasis on the development of wor- ship in the home, which is preserved in the record called Didachē, and later on, “daily prayer of the Church”—liturgia horarum—which provides proof of the im- portance that was placed on family devotions along with continual prayer.

Some forms of daily prayer were developed in monastic communities and others came to life in the homes of the laity. Practically every period of Church renewal wasconnected with new emphases on liturgy in the home. We can follow that deve- lopment in both the Czech and worldwide reformation and in other streams of renewal. Worship in the home had the advantage of accessibility for entire fami- lies since it was not dependent on the presence of an ordained minister, and it introduced knowledge of the Scriptures and an active life of prayer. This article looks at the topic of worship in the home (family devotions) from an ecumenical perspective today. What is the problem and what can become an inspiration for the renewal of liturgy in the home?

Ivan Foletti: Russian imperialism (review)

2023-08-16T00:00:00Z

Recenze a doporučení knihy Ivana Foletti, Masarykova univerzita, Brno 2023

Zveřejněno na “Křesťan dnes” https://www.krestandnes.cz/rusky-imperialismus-recenze/

Letter to the WCC, July 2022

2022-07-30T00:00:00Z

Ecumenical accademics against the membership of the Russian Orthodox Church in the World Coucil of Churches.

We call upon the WCC to suspend the membership of the ROC, as long as it does not condemn in unequivocal terms the war against Ukraine, through the voice of its highest authority, and as long as Patriarch Kirill uses his spiritual and political power to fuel the war, instead of intervening by the political authorities of the Russian Federation to stop the aggression against Ukraine.

Advent, race and intimacy of incarnation

2021-12-28T23:00:00Z

If we take the incarnation seriously, we have a responsibility to build a theology where all of humanity is assumed in the body of Jesus.

https://info.dingir.cz/2021/12/advent-rasa-a-intimita-inkarnace/

"It was truly marvelous what God did here": An Interview with Rev. Dr. Pavel Černý

2020-12-31T23:00:00Z

This interview was published in December 2020 in East-West Church Report, Vol. 28, No. 4 2020, page 10-12.

Development of Ethics in Mission Documents of the Evangelical Movement

2020-03-17T00:00:00Z

Tato studie prochází a hodnotí jednotlivé dokumenty evangelikálního hnutí se zaměřením na etiku misie. Ukazuje se, že důraz na etiku misie není pouhý apendix evangelizace a sociální služby, ale ve skutečnosti k misii integrálně patří. Studie vyšla v časopise Theologia vitae roč. 4, 2/2011-14, s. 207-232.

Forms of worship in the home (Pavel Černý)

2019-08-25T22:00:00Z

Forms of worship in the home are conected with the origin and development of the Church. First of all, Jesus’ disciples met in the Temple and in their homes. Christians also used synagogues, which were spread across the whole Roman Empire. Further advancement brought an emphasis on the development of worship in the home which is preserved in the record called Didaché, and later on, “daily prayer of the Church” - “liturgia horarum” which provides proff of the importance that was placed on family devotions along with continual prayer. Some forms of daily prayer were developed in monastic communities and other came to life in the homes of the laity. Practically every period of Church renewal was connected with new emphases on liturgy in the home. We can follow that development in both the Czech and worldwide reformation and in other streams of renewal. Worship in the home had the advantage of acessibility for entire families since it was not dependent on the presence of an ordained minister, and it introduced knowledge of the Scriptures and an active life of prayer. This article looks at the topic of worship in the home (family devotions) from an ecumenical perspective today. What is the problem and what can become an isnpiration for renewal of liturgy in the home?

This article was published (in Czech) in Theologia vitae, 2/2017, p. 195-215.

What does it mean to eat and drink the blood of Christ? Eucharist and struggle for the unity of the church.

2019-06-08T22:00:00Z

What does it mean to eat and drink the blood of Christ (John 6:53-57) in celebration of the Lord’s Supper? Should we understand that only symbolically, spiritually or even bodily? Eucharist and struggle for the unity of the church is high on contemporary ecumenical agenda.

Published in: Theologia vitae 1/2009, s. 69-84.