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The research titled "Protocols of Five Congregations of the Maros Reformed Diocese from 1687: Nyárádselye, Berekeresztúr, Nyárádszentimre, Nyárádszereda, Nyárádszentanna" examines the year 1687 and the Maros Reformed Diocese. The study aims to uncover and analyze the surveys conducted in these mentioned five congregations, which are associated with the specific time period. The research provides a comprehensive overview of the congregations' history, their life within the Reformed Church, and the collected data. Through the analysis and interpretation of primary sources, insights can be gained into the daily lives of the congregations, religious practices, and other characteristics of religious life during this period. The findings of the thesis contribute to the historical and religious research of the Maros Reformed Diocese, helping to understand the characteristics and challenges of the 17th-century Reformed communities in Transylvania.

Az Öreg graduál egyik legidőszerűbb és kevésbé gyakorolt műfaját szeretném bemutatni nagyvonalakban. Most is időszerű, mivel húsvéti ünnepkör műfajai, a nagyheti énekek közé tartozik. A szentháromnap várakozással és bűnbánattal eltöltendő időszakának e fontos műfaját manapság inkább csak a római katolikusok éneklik, viszont eredetileg a református liturgiában is helyet kapott. Olyannyira, hogy többek között mind a kolozsvári, mind pedig a debreceni graduálpéldányok lamentáció-lapjainak szélei szembetűnően megkoptak az idők folyamán (249–270. oldalak). Másrészt pedig több levéltári adat, egyházkerületi jegyzőkönyv tudósít a húsvétot megelőző lamentációk előadásának kérdéseivel. Mindezek pedig azt bizonyítják, hogy a lamentációéneklés gyakorlatban volt.

The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it sets the historical context in which Aphrahat wrote his Demonstrations and deals with the interesting relationship between his writings, ‘against the Jews’ and the Sassanian persecution of Christians. It also treats his refutation of the Jewish charges. Secondly, it addresses his ‘unique’ view of christology which is not in line with the Nicene decision concerning one aspect yet at the same time it is congruent with it. The paper also tries to point out that his view on christology was ‘unique’ but not exceptional in the Early Church.

It is often argued that the sixteenth-century Reformation initiated a chain of events that ultimately led not only to religious pluralism within the body of the Western Christian Church, but also to the rise and dispersion of mutual acceptance among various religious groups. The fact, however, that these two things (i.e. religious pluralism and tolerance) did not emerge directly and immediately (almost as a matter of course) from the Reformation itself, is similarly undeniable. As we shall see below, we have sufficient evidence to claim that although the Reformers – including John Calvin, Theodore Beza and others, with whom this paper is partly concerned – at some point in their lives (mostly in their youth) advocated and invocated the cultivation of the spirit of tolerance, most of them refrained from upholding such positions once their situation as leaders within a newly emerged (both religious and political) community or realm became established.