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Az átmenetiség korában élő egyház megkerülhetetlen feladata, hogy állást foglaljon az értékorientáció új irányait illetően. Tanulmányunkban ezeknek a folyamatoknak a bemutatására törekszünk. Victor Turner brit antropológus ’társadalmi dráma’ elmélete és azon belül a rituálé, liminalitás (küszöblét) és communitas fogalmai sok szempontból találó leírása lehet azoknak a társadalmi jelenségeknek, amelyek az egyháztársadalmat is jellemzik. Ebben az értelmezési keretben az egyház teológiai és intézményes önreflexiójára fókuszálunk a jelenkor árnyaltabb megértésére törekedve.

If we are commanded to remember the Sabbath in the Ten Commandments, why do we go to worship on Sunday? In my paper, I am seeking possible answers to this question. At the beginning of my research, I outline the position of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In the following sections, I aim to present a biblical alternative to this position. I argue that the Sabbath institution was not known to the Jewish people before their wilderness wanderings. But here it becomes the sign of the Mosaic covenant. Since the covenant was made with the Jews, the Lord does not require foreign nations to observe the Sabbath. But God promises to make a new covenant that will not only apply to the Jews. This has been realised in Jesus Christ. He is the one to whom the Sabbath points. In light of this, we cannot cling to the shadow when the light of the world has come among us.

The idea of moving the theological education from Nagyenyed/Aiud to Kolozsvár/Cluj was born in the middle of the 19th century. Domokos Szász, former reformed priest from Kolozsvár/Cluj, and from 1885 bishop of the Transylvanian Reformed Church, was the most prominent supporter of founding the new centre of theological training in Kolozsvár/Cluj. After long debates and preparations, the construction of the new theological institute was completed in 1895. The current study presents the press debates around this event, offering an insight into press articles published in Kolozsvár/Cluj, concentrating mainly on the Erdélyi Híradó (Transylvanian News) a newspaper supporting the party opposing the moving of the theological training to Kolozsvár/Cluj. These articles throw light on the diverging positions regarding this event.