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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...

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...

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.

This article was published in Theologia vitae 2/2008, p.129-139. Annotation: Theology of Christian worship touches the center of liturgical practice of Christian Churches and contemporary liturgical debates. Is our worship uniting, or is it dividing? This study shows liturgical tensions as clashes of changing cultures but also much deeper as basic differences in our understanding of worship....

This lecture has been delivered during the study conference of the Ecumenical Council of Churches, April 7, 2014. This study conference has been prepared by Commitee for Mission and evangelism of ECC. This meeting took place in the Church of the Brethren in Prague 1, Soukenicka 15.

Due to many ideological abuses and historical distortions, the word mission has been given various connotations. In spite of all the distortions it is still used to designate the calling of the Church in the contemporary world. The word mission continues to occur in worldwide ecumenical dialogue and is a firm component of research in many theological departments of universities and...