„…Enyém a föld, ti csak jövevények és zsellérek vagytok nálam…”

Milyen formában birtokolhatta Izráel népe az Ígéret Földjét?

Author(s): Péter Jenei / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 3/2014

In Israel’s theological understanding the idea that YHWH is a God, who makes promises, is a rather central element. Among the numerous promises of YHWH there is none as influential to Israel’s self-understanding as the promise of the occupation of the land of Canaan. The theme of the Promised Land is prominent from the beginning to the end of the Old Testament theological thought. The development of the theology of the Promised Land in the Old Testament – from promise to inheritance and from losing to regaining it – raises the relevant question: In what sense was the promise of the Land fulfilled in the Old Testament? Or to put it another way: In what sense did the ancient Israelites inherit the Promised Land? The purpose of this paper is to study the topic of the promise of the Land from a historical, source-critical point of view, in order to understand the development and changing theological perspectives in this central theological theme of the Old Testament.

„…ER SELBST WOLLTE IM DUNKEL WOHNEN.“ (1 KÖN 8,12): GOTTES WOHNEN IN JERUSALEM AUS DER PERSPEKTIVE DER GESCHICHTLICHEN ÜBERLIEFERUNGEN IN SAMUELIS UND REGUM

Author(s): Constantin Oancea / Language(s): German / Issue: 1/2015

The belief that God dwells in the Temple was the fundamental assertion of the Zion Theology in pre-exilic Jerusalem. Such a conception, often stated in psalms and exemplary reflected in Ps 46 and Isaiah 6, enjoyed not only positive but also critical reaction in the writings of the Old Testament. After an incursion into Early Christian literature about Jerusalem, this paper analyses how the conception about God’s dwelling in Jerusalem is reflected in Samuel (1 Sam 4-6; 2 Sam 6; 2 Sam 7) and Kings (1 Kgs 8).

„…HOGY EGYEK LEGYENEK, MINT MI” – AZ EGYSÉG KÉRDÉSE

Author(s): Sarolta Püsök / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 2/2019

2019 is the Year of unity in the Hungarian Reformed Church since 10 years ago, when the Hungarian Reformed Churches on 22 May expressed their unity by accepting a common constitution. In the era of Reformation, in the 16th century the young reformed church of the Hungarian territories was divided in three parts. The Western region was brought under the rule of the Habsburg Empire, in the Eastern territory the independent Principality of Transylvania emerged and the biggest “third” of the former kingdom, the part in the middle was conquered by the Ottomans. The first common organizational structure for the whole Hungarian Reformed Church was possible only in 19th century, following the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. The developing of the first constitution was finished in 1881, in Debrecen. After the two World Wars the Hungarian Reformed people lived not only in Hungary, but with a sudden political move they were citizens of Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. In the latter century there have arisen significant Hungarian Reformed communities also in distant lands, not only in the traditionally Hungarian region. The Consultative Convent prepared a common liturgy and hymnal beyond the harmonization of reformed church law, which is a considerable result for the songs are important factors of unity.The disgregation / fragmentation is an old problem of humanity and of Christianity. The alternative is the koinonia, the true communion with God and with fellows. This study has its purpose in seeking possibilities to realize unity between people, the fellows in Jesus Christ.

„…hogy megteljék az én házam.”

Author(s): Lehel Tunyogi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 3/2013

Two passages are discussed in this essay: Proverbs 8 and Luke 14:15–24. The loving heart of Wisdom pulsates at the centre of Proverbs 8: “I love them that love me;and those that seek me early shall find me.”

„…újat és ót” a vallásos nevelés gyakorlatából

A beszédről és az éneklésről

Author(s): Mária Magdolna Lehoczky / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 2/2013

Old and new do not always oppose each other: without beginning there is no end,and without history there is no present. Similar is the case with the field of religious education which has two ancient manifestations and teaching procedures. Sharing the stories and the experiences of faith determines the basic tone of the catechesis of all times. Another magnificent manifestation of religious spirituality is singing which is not only a segment of life but also an element of existence: “I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.” (Psalms 104:33). Music, especially in its most basic expression, singing, plays a major role in religious education: “Powerful sources of spiritual enrichment spring from music.” (Zoltán Kodály)

„Социологията на религията 1945–1989“ и по-нататък: теми, теории, издания (James Beckford. 1990. „The Sociology of Religion 1945–1989“. In: Social Compass 37 (1). 45–64)

Author(s): Nonka Bogomilova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1-2/2017

„Що нещо е църквата?“ или отново за формирането на конфесионалната идентичност

Author(s): Albena Hinkova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 5-6/2015

The article focuses on the problems of religious and national identity, as well as on the ways and means of their formation through periodic printing in the 1850s and 1860s. The analysis is influenced by Eric Erisson’s ideas of identity-building and typology proposed by Manuel Castells. The majority of the empirical textual material concerns issues of the struggle for an autocephalous Bulgarian church during the Revival, which implies a wider involvement of the problems and conceptual tools of theology and church history. The author uses the theoretical basis of literary history and the history of journalism. The conclusion is that the cultural attributes of confessional identity are based mostly on the idea of equality

… a ti hitetek mellé ragasszatok… tudományt (2Pt 1,5)

Author(s): Béla Kató / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2019

† EMILIAN de Loviștea, Évêque auxiliaire de l’Archevêché de Râmnic, Les Princes de ce monde entre la joie de la vie et le don de l’immortalité

Author(s): Felicia Dumas / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 01+04/2016