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Although György Enyedi’s (1555-1597) posthumous exegetical masterpiece Explicationes (Cluj, 1598) did not contain any explicit statements on political thinking, his Hungarian sermons testify his theoretical interest towards political philosophy. The paper focuses on sermons 67, 68 and 184, wherein Enyedi formulates his version of natural law. Due to his antitrinitarian theological presuppositions and his philosophical anthropology deeply inherent in the former, Enyedi’s position does not match fully the standard versions of natural law of his time. on the one hand, Enyedi’s approach proves to be much more intellectual in character than the voluntaristic correction of Thomist natural law in Scholastic-Suáresian theory. on the other hand, the antitrinitarian dismissal of original sin as a chief anthropological motif results in differences from the protestant natural law tradition, as Melanchthon developed it in the 1530s.

This paper is an expanded and somewhat more elaborated version of an earlier study in which I tried to give a general overview on the word-usage concerning the passion of Jesus Christ in the early Christian creeds. The purpose of this short paper is in part to give a comparative presentation of the sufferings of Lord Jesus Christ in the Western Creeds, and in part I also try to define the role of mentioning the name of Pontius Pilatus in them.

Az alábbiakban az első két vallomásszöveget, Jer 11,18–23-at és 12,1–6-ot vesszük közelebbről szemügyre. Célunk az, hogy e szövegrészek tartalmi sajátosságait meghatározzuk és leírjuk, hogy a próféta panaszait később összehasonlíthassuk az ÚR panaszaival. Akárcsak JHWH panaszainak esetében, a prófétai panaszok elsődleges üzenetét a vallomásszövegekben feltárható eredeti prófétai panaszok alapján írjuk körül. Így elengedhetetlen a fentebb megnevezett szövegrészek irodalomkritikai vizsgálata.

In this short paper I would like to provide a comparative analysis of the passages concerning the passion of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Early Christian confessions (among them the Apostolic Creed1 as well), because these passages are frequently the source of theological misunderstanding and debates. The main question which urged me to do this research had occurred in relation with the Apostolic Creed. How do we say correctly: ‘I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended into hell…’ or ‘I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered, under Pontius Pilate He was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended into hell…’? I shall try to answer this question by analysing the relevant passages of the creeds which were composed in the first six centuries.

Dolgozatomban olyan egyházi köntösbe öltöztetett népi szokásokat szeretnék felkutatni, amelyek akár még napjainkban is, vagy a közelmúltban, életben voltak a magyarság körében. Három témakörhöz kötődő babona csoportot szeretnék bemutatni. Ezek a következők: Az első a terhesség-, születés- és keresztelés témaköréhez tartozó babonák. A második a lakodalom témaköréhez tartozó népi szokások és hiedelmek. A harmadik pedig a temetés rítusa köré csoportosuló kialakult népi szokások.