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In his 1583 ritual entitled Agendarius, which was innovative in many respects in comparison to its Hungarian predecessors, Bishop Miklós Telegdi of Pécs, the administrator of the diocese of Esztergom, added sample-like sermons to the rituals of the administration of the sacraments accompanying the great turning points of life (viz. baptism, confirmation, wedding etc.). He was presumably guided chiefly by pastoral considerations. For the second edition of 1596 (published after Telegdi’s death), the editors added a second funeral sermon, clearly intended for a more educated, urban audience – judging from the scholarly Latin quotations and the general tone. A comparison of the structure and content of the two speeches provides useful conclusions as to what the ecclesiastical authorities of the time considered advisable to preach at the time of death to mourners lacking basic schooling and what to the more learned audience.

Kitüntetések átadása a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Debreceni Területi Bizottságának közgyűlésén. Pro Scientia érmével díjazták Bitskey István akadémikust, a bizottság korábbi elnökét és Fekete Károlyt, a Tiszántúli Református Egyházkerület püspökét. Pro Cooperatione díjat Buzogány Dezső erdélyi egyháztörténész vehette át, aki több hazai és külföldi kutatási projekt irányítója, létrehozta a Pokoly József Egyháztörténeti Kutatócsoportot.