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In this dissertation I would like to present an extract from Philipp Melanchthon's work Catechesis puerilis. I translated part of the work from Latin into Hungarian. The work, Catechesis puerilis, is quite distinct from Martin Luther's well-known Small Catechism. However, their objective is the same: to teach the knowledge of the Christian faith. Philipp Melanchthon begins the catechesis with a grammar lesson for school-age children. I have divided my dissertation into five major units. The first part is about the life of Philipp Melanchthon. I will briefly talk about his childhood, his school years, and then about his personality, his family and his family life. I am interested in what Melanchthon was like as a child, who were the people who helped him, who took him in, so to speak. In the second part I talk about Melanchthon as a teacher. I was curious to know what Melanchthon was like as a teacher.

A nézetkülönbségek, a fogalmak tisztázatlansága, az eltérő vélemények olykor olyan nagy vitát idézhetnek elő, olyannyira, hogy azoknak hatását még évszázadokkal később is érezhetjük. Ez történt Augustinus és Pelagius esetében is. Augustinus életét a folyamatos keresés jellemzi, a tévedések és érzelmi zűrzavarok halmazán keresztülverekedve magát, találja meg a helyes utat. Pelagius életét viszont kezdettől fogva a mély kegyesség határozza meg, amelyben nincs helye sem a tévedéseknek, sem pedig az érzelmi zűrzavaroknak. Ez pedig már előrejelzi a kettejük közötti összecsapást.