A pasztorális levelek szerzőségének és szolgálatértelmezésének ökumenikus vonzatai
The ecumenical implications of the problem of authorship and the understanding of service in the Pastoral Letters

Summary/Abstract: The Deuteropauline Letters harmonize the hellenistic and Judio-Christian organizational model, The rather heavy emphasis on the – possibly fictious – ordination of Timothy and Titus by Paul proves that, at the end of the 1st century, the Church saw fidelity to apostolic teaching ensured by continuity of those in charge. Yet the improbability of Timothy and Titus´ immediate ordination by the Apostle, along with the equivalent meaning of episkopos and presbyteros, proves that theological argumentation in favour of the apostolic succession prevails over historical evidence. These two insights challenge all Christian traditions to re-evaluate both criticism of apostolic succession as well as depreciation of ministry in churches that have not retained Episcopal succession

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