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Az identitás szó általános jelentése a valamivel való azonosság, azonosulás, valamely közösséghez való tartozás. Önazonosságról akkor beszélhetünk, ha az énképünk vagy önazonosság-tudatunk (mindenkinek az önmagáról alkotott elképzelése) megegyezik vagy hasonlít valaki más, mások, tehát egy közösség önazonosság-tudatával. A keresztyén éntudat és a krízistudat is egyidős a keresztyén közösséggel, a gyülekezettel. Az őskeresztyéneknél a megkeresztelkedés jelentette az újjászületést, az új identitás kezdetét (Róm 6,4). Ez nem kettős identitást jelentett, az óemberét és az új emberét, hanem egyetlen identitást, a Krisztus által újjászült ember önazonosságát. Református identitásunk állandó része tehát a Krisztusban való lét, mert Isten kegyelme által vagyok, ami vagyok. Identitásunk változó része az a szituáció, amelyben élünk, s amelyben naponta erkölcsi felelősségünk az adódó helyzetre, konfliktusra az állandó identitásunknak megfelelően erkölcsi választ adni.

My colleague Kees van der Kooi will say something about the “what” of our book, the substance matter, whereas I will try to explain its “why” and “how”: why did we write this book, and how did we do it?

Dogmatics is not a static whole, systematic reflection on Christian faith. It is itself part of history and participates fully in it. Sometimes, even colleagues in the theological faculty still have the idea, that dogmatics is a field that pretends that God can be fully comprehended, that everything can be explained. Some might even think that the best theologian is the best believer. That is certainly not what we imagine that dogmatics is all about. It is a reflection on practices of faith, on the actual relationship with God, informed by the Bible and the teaching of the Church. Sound reflection on the Christian faith is a task that has to be done by every generation. Sheer repetition of what former generations said and wrote would be irresponsible. Every age is confronted with new challenges. The promise of the Holy Spirit should encourage us to fresh reflection.

This is a study of Isaiah 18-20, three chapters in the so-called Isaianic prophecies concerning the nations, Isaiah 13-23 (24-27). Beyond being located close to each other in this literary corpus, there is at least one common element that ties these three chapters together: Isaiah 18-20 deal with two neighbouring countries of the Nile, Kush and Egypt respectively. The two lands were politically closely related in the era of the prophet Isaiah, so that addressing them in proximity to each other should not be surprising in a book set in the period of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (Isaiah 1:1). Through a detailed analysis of the three chapters I hope to contribute to a better understanding of the collection of prophecies on the nations in the book of Isaiah and, more remotely, of the wider phenomenon of prophecies concerning the nations, so prevalent in the Hebrew Bible.

Scout Movement in Transylvania. This study is a presentation about the history of the scout movement in Transylvania. The Hungarian scout movement in Transylvania started in 1911. After that many Hungarian scout team was founded. After 1914, when Transylvania became a part of Romania the Hungarian scout teams joined the Romanian scout association, which was founded in 1914. Between the two world wars the Romanian scout association was under the direct influence of the state. After 1940, when a part of Transylvania was connected to Hungary again, the Hungarian scout movement in Transylvania has also revived. The scout started many kind of good projects. They became a useful part of the society. The centre of the scout movement by that time was Kolozsvár.