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Miklós Telegdi, a Roman Catholic bishop of the reformation period, was an important figure of his generation. The confessional guide of his Agendarius, first published in 1583 in nagyszombat (Trnava, now in Slovakia), is particular as to its structure and content. in Hungary, this is the first penitential guide that was written in a unique style, including vernacular parts and containing exhortations in a large number. The confessional includes a text discussing the strict obligation on the seal of confession as well as a confession mirror which, according to its genre, is a tool of individual self-examination. In my paper, I attempt to answer the question whether Telegdi’s confessional guide is only unique from a national point of view or also in a wider, international context.

The Disputation of Pécs (Pécsi Disputa) by György Válaszúti is a unique segment of 16th-century antitrinitarian literature. Since pécs was occupied by the Ottoman empire, Christians had to live by strict rules. They had to live outside the city walls, and they could only use one church. The dispute is a chronicle of a religious debate between the reformed citizens of tolna and the antitrinitarian citizens of Pécs.

Az egyházi hagyomány szerint Énók az első próféták közé tartozott. Neve két helyen szerepel Mózes első könyvében. Az 1Móz 4,17– 18-ban úgy olvashatunk róla, mint aki Káin fia: És Kain a feleségével hált, aki terhes lett, és megszülte Énókot. Majd várost épített Kain, és a fia nevéről Énóknak nevezte el. Énóknak született Írád, Írád nemzette Mehújáélt, Mehújáél nemzette Metúsáélt, és Metúsáél nemzette Lámeket. Az 1Móz 5,18–24 pedig Jered fiaként említi: Jered százhatvankét éves volt, amikor Énókot nemzette. Énók születése után Jered nyolcszáz évig élt, és még nemzett fiakat és leányokat. Jered teljes életkora tehát kilencszázhatvankét év volt, amikor meghalt. Énók hatvanöt éves volt, amikor Metúselahot nemzette. Énók az Istennel járt; Metúselah születése után háromszáz évig élt, és még nemzett fiakat és leányokat. Énók teljes életkora tehát háromszázhatvanöt év volt. Énók az Istennel járt, és egyszer csak eltűnt, mert magához vette őt Isten.

Franz Bos személyét azért választottuk bemutatásra, mert esetében megtalálható a titkos rendőrség munkamódszerének valamennyi eleme: a szigorú határellenőrzéstől a részletes ügynöki jelentéseken, figyelmeztetésen és a több irányú technikai eszközalkalmazáson át egészen a nyomkövetésig.

The second half of the 20th century can be characterised by a consolidation of all state structures of the Communist Party. The most important institution in keeping the power was the Secret Police (Securitate), which exercised a strict control over the Churches, including the Hungarian Reformed Church. The Securitate was mostly interested in the foreign contacts of the church. After the Second World War the Reformed Church has kept its contacts with the Reformed Churches in Hungary, as well as with many other Western European churches from the former West Germany, Holland, Switzerland, etc. The Secret Police’s purpose was to gather as many information as possible about the different contacts, and to control the whole issue.

During the Communist regime, in the sixties of the 20th century, the Protestant Theological Seminary started the student exchange program with churches and institutions from the Western part of Europe, mainly the Dutch Reformed Churches. It was in 1968 when the first Dutch couple came to spend one study year in the Seminary. After them students have been arriving each year until the end of the eighties. Coming from a capitalist, “unfriendly” country, the Dutch students have always been watched at by the Securitate (Secret Police) very carefully. Many informers were recruited from among the Reformed pastors as well as seminary professors to control the whole study process of the foreigners. The documents included into this paper are perfect samples of how the Secret Police usually acted.