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Miklós Telegdi, a Roman Catholic bishop of the reformation period, was an important figure of his generation. The confessional guide of his Agendarius, first published in 1583 in nagyszombat (Trnava, now in Slovakia), is particular as to its structure and content. in Hungary, this is the first penitential guide that was written in a unique style, including vernacular parts and containing exhortations in a large number. The confessional includes a text discussing the strict obligation on the seal of confession as well as a confession mirror which, according to its genre, is a tool of individual self-examination. In my paper, I attempt to answer the question whether Telegdi’s confessional guide is only unique from a national point of view or also in a wider, international context.

The Disputation of Pécs (Pécsi Disputa) by György Válaszúti is a unique segment of 16th-century antitrinitarian literature. Since pécs was occupied by the Ottoman empire, Christians had to live by strict rules. They had to live outside the city walls, and they could only use one church. The dispute is a chronicle of a religious debate between the reformed citizens of tolna and the antitrinitarian citizens of Pécs.

A dolgozat a történeti Jézus-kutatás „legújabb” eredményeit ismerteti röviden, illetve olyan Jézus-portrékat próbálok számba venni, amelyek sokszor kedvezőnek, máskor „meredeknek” hangzanak még a szabadelvűnek mondott „unitárius fül” számára is. Célom pedig az, hogy inkább a magam számára igyekszem egy kis világosságot gyújtani e vitatott és ellentmondásos Jézus-kutatás területén.