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Rezumând atitudinea terapeuților față de bunăstare, putem constata că această comunitate a ridicat la un nivel atât de înalt valorile spirituale, încât a ignorat absolut tot ce aparține vieții zilnice obișnuite. Ei s-au străduit la înmulțirea bo-găției înțelepciunii (par. 16–17, 20) și a valorilor spirituale. În rândul acestei co-munități meditațiile asupra Sfintelor Scripturi, a cărților sfinte proprii, precum și asupra înțelepciunii dumnezeiești (par. 1, 28–30, 67) sunt absolut primordiale, din care rezultă retragerea din lume și disprețuirea totală a bogăției pământești.

In this research, I have explored the theme of the immortality of the soul in the light of Plato's and Calvin's view of the soul. The work is divided into two major parts: in the first part, I examined Plato's and Calvin's view of the soul and the immortality of the soul, and in the second part, I compared the results of the first part. In the course of this research, I have discovered the similarities and differences in the details of the two conceptions. Eight units of thought were identified for the comparison and within these units, different themes were compared between the two conceptions. In the last point, one of the main questions of the topic was answered, namely whether the soul is immortal or impermanent. Although Plato and Calvin had different points of view, in the end the two concepts were the same: the soul is immortal.

Minden tudományág művelőjének kiválóan kell ismernie tudománya tárgyát, és ez a követelmény az emberrel foglalkozó tudományok esetében is fennáll. Így például a jó orvosnak nem elég csupán a beteg fiziológiai panaszaival foglalkoznia, hiszen akkor csak a tüneteket kezeli, hanem a teljes embert kell szem előtt tartania. A jó pszichológusnak is hasonlóképpen kell cselekednie, ha érdemben akar foglalkozni az ember úgynevezett lelki világának gondozásával. Az említett követelmény fokozottan igaz a teológiára is. Ugyanis a teológiai tudománynak az ember is tárgya. Amikor azonban úgy beszélünk a teológiáról, mint amely az emberrel is foglalkozik, világosan kell látnunk néhány dolgot.

Psalm-singing in the Community of Therapeutae Based on De vita contemplativa by Philo of Alexandria. The Therapeutae’s ascetic devotion is characterized not only by searching the scriptures, meditation and prayer but also by singing of hymns and psalms. Hymns were composed by the principals of the community, they were those who taught the community members to sing them and they continually enriched the hymnal with new ones. The Essenes’ and Therapeutae’s psalm-singing indicates first of all the common Old Testament origin. However these religious communities had different self-identity from that of the normative Jews and this identity required for a special psalm-poetry to be accomplished. The Therapeutae’s psalms remind us of the church psalm-tradition characterized, just like the Essene hymns, by responsive singing and refrains.

Az Ember Fia a szombatnak is Ura (Mk 2,28) – Jézusnak ez a kijelentése helyreállítja az ember és a törvény viszonyát. A piacgazdaság íratlan törvényei meghatározzák az emberi cselekvést és magát az embert is.

Dolgozatunkban nem az angyalok, hanem az angyali életmód kifejezéssel jelzett kérdéskört vizsgáljuk az ókori egyház időszakában – eredetét, előfordulásait, különböző vonatkozásait. A kifejezés nyilvánvalóan az aszkézis gyakorlatát folytató szerzetesi közösségek tagjaival kapcsolatban jelent meg a legtöbb esetben.