"Będziecie moimi świadkami po krańce ziemi" (Dz 1,8). Łukaszowa wizja świadectwa z perspektywy Dziejów Apostolskich

Author(s): Krzysztof Mielcarek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 28/2015

Because of the richness of Lukan theology regarding witness, the author was unable to cover all of its aspects. Thus the study touches only upon its major threads. Besides the obvious issues of the apostles role as witnesses, the content of their witnessing, and its recipients – the study presents some other personalities involved in transmitting the Good News of God’s salvation to humanity. Indeed, the greatest stress is placed on the testimony of God himself. Despite being a constant Mystery for humankind, He never ceases being involved in their history and witnessing to his salvific plans. Although there are only a few texts within Acts that connect the persons of the Trinity to witnessing, one should consider them as fundamental to a full Lukan theology of witness.

"Vera iustitia et sanctitate praeditum…"

Az istenképűség tartalma a Heidelbergi Káté szerint

Author(s): György Papp / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2014

"Własny dar" sakramentu małżeństwa w katechezach Jana Pawła II

Author(s): Maciej Dalibor / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2019

This article presents the papal theology of the body within the scope which concerns the sacramental grace given to a man and a woman in the marriage. This grace, in a special way, concerns relationships created by a man because it is they that were deprived of the basic dimension of the unselfish gift by original sin. This gift was given to a man by the Creator and on the basis of this gift the man had to share himself with another human being. The incarnation of the Son of God was God's response to the mistrust that undermined the communion of God with a man, together with the essential human communion, that is, the marriage. Through the sacraments we have access to the fruits of the Passover of Christ. In the sacrament of marriage these fruits enable people to enter again into a dimension of the selfless gift of the self given to another person.

(Su)odnos naravne i sakramentalne ženidbe prema pobudnici Amoris laetitia

Author(s): Anton Tamarut / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 3/2020

The article presents and analyses the (co)relationship of natural and sacramental marriage according to the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris letitia. The first chapter draws attention to the fact that the very gospel of the family, within which the marriage covenant occupies a central place, is a historical and eschatological reality; it has its natural and sacramental level, its relief and dynamic history, gradual growth and development. The second chapter presents and analyses man’s creation in the image of God wherein lies the foundation of natural marriage. The expression the image of God is brought into direct connection with the pair »male and female.« The third chapter draws attention to sin, that is, to the mystery of Christ’s mystery of salvation as the basis for understanding the sacramentality of marriage. Reference is made to the central meaning of Jesus Christ – the image of God in the renewal of marriage and family, and the sacramental meaning of marriage and family is analysed in detail. The sacrament of marriage is viewed under the aspect of a gift, a sign and a vocation, or mission. The fourth chapter is devoted to the very (co)relationship between natural and sacramental marriage. Natural marriage in relation to the sacramental is seen as a natural foundation, an open beginning, as »seeds that are still waiting to grow« (AL, 76), or as a sprout that »should be lead to the sacrament of marriage« (AL, 293).

75 éves a Barmeni Teológiai Nyilatkozat

Author(s): Tamás Juhász / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 3/2009

Vor genau 75 Jahren haben Vertreter der Deutschen Evangelischen Kirche auf ihrer Bekenntnissynode in Barmen (Wuppertal) die berühmt gewordene Theologische Erklärung kund gegeben. In der Abfassung des Textes hatte Karl Barth den Löwenanteil. Die Erklärung besteht aus 6 kurzen Thesen, jede These hat einen „Predigttext“. Auch die positiven Sätze sind kräftig, kategorisch, aber sie werden durch die Verwerfungen, durch die angefügten negativen Sätze erheblich gekräftigt. Die Erklärung zeugt davon, daß die deutschen Protestanten – ein Jahr nach der Machtergreifung Hitlers! – erkannt haben: eine totale Diktatur verletzt nicht nur hie und da die Juris diktion der Kirche, sondern greift den christlichen Glauben selbst, in seinen Wurzeln an. Die biblische Wahrheit leuchtet, angesichts der Irrwegen und Lügen des totalen Staates noch klarer auf.

A béranyaság helyzete Romániában

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

Több milliárd dolláros üzletággá nőtte ki magát a világban a béranyaipar. Hogyan illeszthető egy ilyen szenvtelen közgazdasági megállapítás a megszülető emberi élet misztériumához? Az alábbiakban röviden ismertetem a béranyaság jelenségét, valamint az ezzel kapcsolatos alapfogalmakat, ennek romániai jogállását és gyakorlatát más országok szabályozásának kontextusában, végül pedig néhány etikai szempontot fogalmazok meg a problémaegyüttesre nézve.

A bibliai „Ne ölj!” parancsolat Emmanuel Lévinas filozófiájában

Author(s): István Bacsó / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 3/2019

Die persönlichen und kollektiven tragischen Erfahrungen des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts haben den französischen Philosophen Emmanuel Lévinas dazu geleitet, das bekannte biblische Gebot wieder ins Licht zu bringen. Der Imperativ, du sollst nicht töten hat in der Philosophie von Lévinas eine paradigmatische Funktion. Auf einer Seite unterstreicht Lévinas die göttliche Originalität des Verbotes, auf der anderen Seite betont er, dass diese Aufforderung fürs jeweilige Ich gültig ist, denn auf dem Gesicht des anderen steht immer zu lesen: Du sollst nicht töten!

A BOCSÁNAT TŰFOKA – ACUMEN VENIAE

Author(s): S. Béla Visky / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2020

Mad Forgiveness. Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903–1985) was a professor of moral philosophy at Sorbonne University for three decades, starting from 1951. He wrote thousands of pages on the essential issues of human life, on virtues – the reality of wisdom, courage, loyalty, sincerity, justice, fairness, modesty, humility, moderation, abnegation, forgiveness, love –, and their opposites, lying and baseness, in an age where these topics were not seen as fashionable at all. Below, I present his thoughts on forgiveness and provide my own translation of the two final chapters of his work Le pardon.

A bűn eredete

Author(s): László Varga / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 3/2007

The origin of sin is a universally commonly discussed problem of theology. It can be clarified only from the original texts of the Bible. There we find a clear answer by its diverse teachers: Sin originates from bodily desires. In our terminology, bodily desires are the biological instincts. In the animal world instincts are specifically restricted. They are only active in necessary times and conditions; they assurae the harmony of nature. Man’s instincts are free; they are always active and biologically unrestricted. The millionaire works for more money, women are able and ready to copulate even while being pregnant, the lust for power is limitless, and even world domination can not fulfil it. Remaining uncontrolled, instincts can destroy all human societies. They must be controlled morally. Man is personally responsible to keep them under God-given moral control. That is the dignity and tragedy of being human. Instincts are biological forces, morally neutral, but by nature self-centered. Godgiven morals are always altruistic. Under the guidance of strong morals, instinct is the force that brings good economy into reality, secures family life, a well trained society. When instinct escapes from under the control of morals, it is a guideless, selfcentered, always active force, which is able to destroy every social human activity, even personal life. Human morals are always questionable. My rules are as valuable as anyone else’s. Only God-given morals can be unquestionable. That is the meaning of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil: Man is free to do as he wishes, but moral laws are not under man’s will. To do what moral say is the personal and social responsibility of man. So there is a permanent battle between the moral convictions and the urgings of the instincts striving to get from under it. Consequently sin is the act of self-centered instincts getting out from under the guidance of the God-given moral rules.

A feltámadás nem, lélekvándorlás

Author(s): Péter Sebestyén / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 04/2015

A Fifth Mark of the Church?

Author(s): Thaddaeus Lancton / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2021

In addition to the four marks of the Church, mercy has been emphasized since the pontificate of St. John Paul II as essential to the authentic fulfillment of the Church’s identity and mission. A Christological and pneumatological understanding of these marks of the Church leads to a proper grasp of the Church in relation to mercy. The Church is merciful not de facto because of her works of mercy on behalf of the poor or sinners. Rather, she is first the recipient of unprecedented Divine Mercy, poured forth in the gift of the Holy Spirit, and so shares that same Spirit of Mercy with others through her sacraments, preaching, and service. The Church’s mission of mercy thus extends beyond the myriad of manners to alleviate human misery. In union with Christ, her Bridegroom, the Church is to communicate the one gift of Divine Mercy, the Holy Spirit, to all.

A globalizáció kihívásai – keresztyén társadalometikai válaszok

Author(s): Elek Rezi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 5/2019

The first part of the study deals with the positive and negative effects of globalization. The process of globalization has effects on the environment, on culture, on religions, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical wellbeing in socie- ties around the world. The second part presents important and timely Christian social ethical answers to the challenges of globalization. These answers involve respect for life and Christian ethical values.

A HÁLA SZEREPE LELKI, MENTÁLIS ÉS FIZIKAI EGÉSZSÉGÜNKBEN

Author(s): Andrea Ferenczi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2020

The Role of Gratitude in Spiritual, Mental and Physical Health. Psalm 50 demonstrates complicated requirements of relationships towards both God and our neighbours in terms of gratitude, as well as in the realm of hope for divine libera-tion. Having evolved layers of meaning, in the psalm, the expression “liberation” – the linguistic root “jesa” – seems to have wide collocations. Getting released from an enemy is the immediate equivalent, but the spectrum of meaning covers, among others, escape from exigency, psychological burden, or bodily disease. We started to examine interrelations between gratitude and liberation with psychological means some years ago. Through exploring terrains of gratitude as a construct, we hope to get closer to the understanding of human nature and behaviour. Our results may serve therapeutic intervention by bringing closer those who are engaged in counsel-lor and psychology professionals. My present study wishes to describe the notion of gratitude from the perspec-tives of religious and cultural studies and more broadly, from the aspects of psy-chology. The review of some research results is meant to underline interrelations be-tween gratitude and mental health. Finally, some of our own researches support the idea that gratitude is a capacity you can acquire and improve throughout your life. Experiencing and expressing gratitude may provide room for something new and may afford space for recovery to happen, for willingness to occur, so that liberation could come into being.

A hit megvallásának terminológiái a Szentírásban

Author(s): György Papp / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2018

Az előadás első felében azt szeretnénk megvizsgálni, hogy Szentírás milyen közlést kifejező igékkel írja körül a hit megvallásának folyamatát, ezeket milyen szövegösszefüggésbe és élethelyzetbe ágyazza bele, illetve hogy ez milyen teológiai következményekkel jár. Ez a vizsgálódás hozzájárulhat ahhoz, hogy a hitvallást mint műfajt pontosabban tudjuk körülírni és elhatárolni más szövegtípusoktól. Az előadás másik fele arra keresi a választ, hogy milyen bibliai gyökerük van azoknak a kifejezéseknek, amelyek az ókeresztyén teológiai irodalomban jelölték a hitvallás fogalmát. Ezáltal egyrészt jobban megértjük az óegyház hitvallásról alkotott felfogását, másrészt pedig hozzájárulunk a jelenkori hitvalláskép értelmezéséhez.

A humanizmus az igei tudomány szolgálatában (II.)

Author(s): Dezső Buzogány / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 2/2020

The Reformation highly esteemed the classical scientific disciplines as far as they contributed to a better understanding of the gospel. The method was delivered by the Humanism and Renaissance. Consequently, the reformers, whose primary concern was studying the word of God in original (Hebrew and Greek), started to master both languages right from the beginning. Hebrew helped them to learn and understand God’s will in the Old Testament in its original setting, while Greek improved their grip on the message of the New Testament. When preparations for ministry had started in the Protestant universities, both languages were self-evidently taken over in the educational process. The present paper deals with Melanchthon’s appreciation of the Greek language.

A humanizmus az igei tudomány szolgálatában (IV)

Author(s): Dezső Buzogány / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 4/2020

A syllogism (Greek: συλλογισμός – “conclusion, inference”) is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true. Aristotle defines the syllogism as “a discourse in which certain (specific) things having been supposed, something different from the things supposed results of necessity because these things are so”. The Aristotelian syllogism dominated Western philosophical thought for many centuries in the Middle Ages. But the history of syllogistic thinking does not end with the Middle Ages. It continued to be used even by the church reformers of the 16th century. Thus, alongside a dialectic way of thinking, it contributed to the development of the new dogmatics coined by the church reformers in the 16th century.

A KEGYES ÉLET HETI RITMUSA – A NYUGALOM NAPJÁNAK KERESZTYÉN SAJÁTOSSÁGAI

Author(s): Balázs Siba / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2020

Weekly Rhythm of Gracious Life – Christian Features of the Seventh Day. This study reflects on that “many Christians and others now keep a weekend of two Saturdays.” Our consumer culture has made the seventh day not a holy day, but a kind of extra time to catch up with the tasks of everyday rush. The seventh day is not only necessary because of our biological and sociological needs, but it also has a theological dimension. Sacred time can take many forms, and we are not bound by time and space to pray to God, but the Sunday is a great opportunity to come together to experience the miracle of God’s presence in our community. In this article, we look at the four elements to a holy day: rest, remember, give thanks, and refocus.

A kegyesség mint a keresztyén magatartás alapformája

Author(s): Tamás Juhász / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2019

Holland újságíró fejtegette egyszer, hogy a keresztyén emberek magatartásából meg lehet állapítani felekezeti hovatartozásukat. Másképpen cigarettázik a római katolikus, a református és a lutheránus ember. Még a reformátusok között is van különbség: a konzervatívok bőrszivart szívnak, a barthiánusok pipáznak, a szabadelvűek (és a remonstránsok) cigarettáznak. Ha ebben a vélekedésben sok is a túlzás, annyi igazság mégis van benne, hogy minden felekezet tagja magán viseli vallási kultúrájának valamilyen lenyomatát. Valami olyan ez, mint a római katolikusoknál és a görögkeletieknél a keresztvetés: amikor a kereszt vízszintes szárát formázzák az egyik balról jobbra, a másik jobbról balra lendíti kezét a válla felé. Ezek a különbségek a sok-sok vallási jelkép használatában, az istentiszteleti és kegyességi önkifejezés gesztusaiban nyilvánulnak meg. Még a kegyesség gyakorlásának is sok változata van akár ugyanazon felekezeten belül is. Alábbi írásomban viszont az a meggyőződés vezet, hogy a külső formákon túl a kegyesség mint vallási alapmagatartás, illetve a kegyességgyakorlás legegyszerűbb eszközeinek tára minden keresztyén felekezetnél megtalálható. Van egy „kegyességi minimum”, amely nélkül nincs igaz keresztyénség. Nem fogok reflektálni sok keresztyén egyház kegyességi gyakorlatára, csupán az erdélyi református kegyesség azon alapformáiról szeretnék értekezni, amelyeket sok tekintetben azonosnak, vagy nagyon hasonlónak látok a két másik erdélyi magyar protestáns egyház – az unitárius és a lutheránus egyház – híveinél is.

A keresztelés Márk és Máté evangéliumában

Author(s): Pál Herczeg / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 2/2020

Auf Grund von Markus 16,16 konnte festgestellt werden, daß der Inhalt des Glaubens folgendes ist: Erkennung der Person und der Taten des geschichtlichen Jesus und vor allem die Erkenntnis und der Empfang des Heils, das uns von ihm gereicht wird. Der Glaube gewinnt offensichtliche Stärkung und „Dokumentation“ in der Taufe. Das ist nicht „weniger“ als all jenes, was wir an anderen biblischen Stellen über die Taufe lesen können. Das hier Gesagte entspricht nur der Grundlage des Evangeliums von Markus: Ich glaube, …hilf meinem Unglauben! (9,24) Nach Matthäus 28,18–20 werden in der Taufe vor allem die Gemeinschaft mit Jesus Christus, bzw. die Gemeinschaft mit Gott der Heiligen Dreienigkeit samt allem Dazugehörenden und allen Forderungen zum Ausdruck gebracht. Ein Jünger Jesu zu sein bringt die Zugehörigkeit der menschlichen, empirischen Gemeinschaft mit sich. Das kann man nicht aus individueller Veranlassung und Sehnsucht erreichen, sondern nur durch die Tätigkeit der Jünger, der Apostel und Missionare. Obwohl wir da, in dieser Perikope, buchstäblich nicht über die Kirche lesen, ist hier doch, ihrem Wesen nach, die Rede über die Kirche.

A kereszténység és a posztmodern személyiség

A „likvid modernitás” fogalma

Author(s): Csaba Tódor / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2019

Ebben a részben főleg a szociológus és filozófus Zygmund Bauman (1925–2017) társadalomról alkotott felfogásáról lesz szó. Elöljáróban néhány gondolat erejéig az ő személyéről és az úgynevezett likvid modernitás fogalmáról szólok.