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            * Welcome
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            Welcome to the Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University. We are pleased that you

            time to visit our pages. We hope that you will find something of interest on these pages.





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            * History
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            The Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University (in Czech, the Katolická Teologická
            Univerzita Karlova v Praze or KTF-UK) was the founding faculty of today’s Charles Universi
            Canonically, KTF was enacted by pope Clement VI on January 26, 1347, and established by th

            and Czech king Charles IV by royal decree on April 7, 1348. It’s legal existence has been 
            that time.  KTF was removed as a faculty from Charles University in 1950 because of the pe
            Catholic Church by the then communism government. After the “Velvet Revolution” of 1989, t

            reintegrated into Charles University.





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            * Legal Status
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            In accordance with The Universities Act No. 111/1998 Sb., KTF is a legal entity within Cha

            This act, the internal statutes of the university and the internal statutes of the Faculty
            basis for its operation. The Roman Catholic Church also exercises its right to instruct it
            lay people (§ 6 art. 3 ltr. a) Freedom of religion, statute of church and religious groups

            Sb.). From a canonical standpoint, KTF has the status of “a church faculty (facultas eccle
            its activity is defined by the 1983 Canon Law Code, the Apostolic Constitution of John Pau
            Christiana dated April 15, 1979 with attached guidelines (Ordinationes), and other ordinat

            Vatican.





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            * Mission
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            The mission of the Faculty is consistent with the mission of the university:

            “the spreading of education and protection of knowledge, the cultivation of free thinking,
            scientific research as well as original artistic production, and the  universal fostering 
            mind of human society” (Statute of Charles University chapter 2, paragraph 1)

            At the foundation of KTF is their mission of “Christian thinking is always broadly and pub
            in all efforts for higher culture” (2. Vat. council, Declaration of Christian Education, G
            Educationis, 10). KTF fulfills this mission in several different scientific disciplines, p

            theology, by scientific research, education of students and an effort to apply its knowled
            evangelical experience. A salient part of its activities is fostering the scientific forma
            and lay workers of the church and their life-long education. KTF therefore pursues accredi

            programs and life-long study programs as well as scientific research and development, arti
            and other activities.






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            * Today
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            Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague has today about 800 students 
            bachelor's, master's and doctoral full-time and combined courses, with others involved in 
            Education programmes. The increasing number of doctorates awarded testifies the quality of

            interest in the Faculty.
            The Dean of the Faculty is Professor Dr. Ludvík Armbruster, SJ.
            Grand Chancellor of the Faculty is the Archbishop of Prague, Cardinal Miloslav Vlk.

            The Faculty’s self-governing body is an elected Academic Senate composed of students and t

            The Faculty offers two main areas of study:

            - Theology, 
            - General Theory and History of Art and Culture.