Regular theological institutes in the Czech Lands in the first half of the twentieth century were private institutes of an academic nature. There is not much known about their inner activities and the structure of studies. The aim of this contribution is to reconstruct the reality of the education and acquaint readers with the organization of studies at the concrete regular educational establishment of the Redemptorist fathers in Obořiště near Příbram, from the establishment of the institute in 1902 up until its abolition in 1950. On the basis of studies of archive sources, there would seem to have been an excellent ability on the part of Czech Redemptorists to react flexibly to the requirements of legal prescriptions of the Church and of the state, especially during the 1930s. This theological institute reached a high level of expertise and also a high quality in terms of the regular formation of students. The end of the 1940s denoted another progressive development in the studies which ended, however, with the intervention of the Communist totalitarian powers.
In 1838, the Theological Institute in Tarnow started its activity. Its task was to educate the seminary students in Tarnow. The seminary itself was responsible for the spiritual formation, while the Institute for the intellectual one. However, in the diocesans’ awareness, even among the Institute students, the seminary itself was perceived as the academy. That was a result of various reasons. It was mainly due to the fact that the same person was simultanously the rector of the seminary and the chief of the Institute. In 2004, the Theological Institute in Tarnow, existing since the Austrian times, was transformed into the specific Theological Department of the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Krakow. Because of that, the oldest academy in Tarnow (whose existence had been recognized only by a small group of people) ceased to exist. This article attempts to present the complex relations between the seminary and the Institute, resulting with a minimal knowledge about the Institute’s existence and activity among the clergymen and diocesans.
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W 1838 roku rozpoczął swoją działalność Instytut Teologiczny w Tarnowie. Jego zadaniem miało być kształcenie alumnów seminarium duchownego w Tarnowie. Seminarium odpowiadało za formację duchową, a instytut za intelektualną. Jednak w świadomości diecezjan, a nawet samych adeptów tej uczelni, to seminarium kształciło. Na taki stan rzeczy wpłynęło kilka czynników. Najważniejsze, jak się wydaje, było to, że rektor seminarium stał często na czele instytutu. W 2004 roku Instytut Teologiczny w Tarnowie, istniejący od czasów austriackich, został ostatecznie przekształcony w specyficzny Wydział Teologiczny Papieskiej Akademii Teologicznej w Krakowie. Tym samym przestała istnieć najstarsza uczelnia wyższa Tarnowa. W artykule podjęto próbę wyjaśnienia zawiłych relacji seminarium duchownego z Instytutem Teologicznym, skutkujących znikomą wiedzą księży i diecezjan na temat jego istnienia i działalności.
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