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Not all pastor's children remain close to the Church, despite the fact that they grew up in a religious environment and had the example and model of Christian living. The theoretical objective of my thesis is to explore pastor's children's motivations for living a pious life. For there can be external and internal motivation. The external motivation is when the pastor's child practices godly living and godly speaking, but not from an internal motivation, not from faith. They are not living a godly lifestyle because they feel they need to and because it is of value to them, but they are just living up to expectations. They behave and speak as expected by their parents, their congregation or their environment. They live godly lives either for external recognition and reward, such as the recognition of the church community or the pride of their parents, or perhaps to earn God's approval.

Szentlélekről lévén szó, azzal a legyőzhetetlen akadállyal találkozunk, hogy lehetetlen a szokásos értelemben vett beszédmód. Nem beszélhetünk róla sem úgy, mint emberről, sem úgy, mint látható tárgyról, ugyanis emberi tapasztalati világunkon kívül esik. Itt különösképpen igaz a Kálvin megállapítása, hogy véges nem foghatja föl a végtelent.

Ford. Székely György, Gondáné Kaul Éva, Pálhegyi Kriszta, Daray Erzsébet. Harmat–KIA, Budapest 2020, ISBN 978-963-288-034-1, 568 old.