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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.

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.

Ha valaki keresztyénként szembesül a társadalom által felvetette kérdésekkel, bibliai alapok után kutat. A szegény és szegénység szavak a Bibliában igen gyakoriak. A szegény – az özvegy és az árva – az ókori Izráelben Isten különös gondoskodásában részesült. Az Újszövetség arra tanít, hogy a keresztyének a fogalom világi, hétköznapi jelentése értelmében nem gazdagok. Jézus és az apostolok arra intenek, hogy a gazdagság könnyen az Isten országába való bejutás akadályává válhat. Ha valaki keresztyénként akarja megérteni a társadalmi változásokat, jól teszi, ha különbséget tesz három fél között: Isten, a felebarát (embertárs) és önmaga között.