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Our thesis examines the discourse of the Apostolic Fathers concerning the death of Jesus Christ from both linguistic-stylistic and theological perspectives. Special attention is given to the rhetorical structure, conceptual vocabulary, and historical-contextual background of the texts. The thesis does not aim to formulate dogmatic conclusions but rather to explore how the event of Jesus Christ’s death is represented in the writings of the Apostolic Fathers, particularly in terms of temporal designation, soteriological interpretation, and rhetorical emphasis. The study offers a detailed analysis of key passages from Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, and Polycarp of Smyrna, as well as from the Epistle of Barnabas and The Shepherd of Hermas. Furthermore, it addresses the testimony found in the Epistle to Diognetus and eucharistic passages. The research is based on a comparative exegesis of the texts in their Hungarian and Greek versions.

A dolgozat az apostoli atyák Jézus Krisztus halálával kapcsolatos beszédmódját vizsgálja nyelvi-stilisztikai, illetve teológiai szempontból, különös figyelemmel a szövegek retorikai szerkezetére, fogalmi készletére és történeti-tartalmi kontextusára. A dolgozat nem dogmatikai konklúziók megfogalmazására törekszik, hanem arra, hogy feltárja, miként jelenik meg Jézus Krisztus halálának eseménye az apostoli atyák írásaiban, különösen az idői meghatározás, a szoteriológiai értelmezés és a retorikai hangsúlyok tükrében. A dolgozat részletesen elemzi többek között Római Kelemen, Antiochiai Ignác, Szmirnai Polikárp, valamint a Barnabás-levél és Hermász Pásztorának releváns szakaszait, továbbá kitér a Diognétosz-levél és az eucharisztikus szövegrészek tanúságtételére is. A kutatás alapjául a magyar és görög nyelvű szövegek összevetése és exegézise szolgál.

Works of Protestant reformers in the collections of the Lutheran High School in Mediaș. Since 2018, our research has been conducted in the historical libraries of Transylvania, focusing on the works of fifteen Western European Protestant theologians, known as reformers, who were active in the 16th century. At the Lutheran Gymnasium library in Mediaș, we discovered 58 theological texts by these authors. This number is representative of the average size of the collections we have examined. Notably, three-quarters of the works we reviewed are attributed to just three of these authors: 19 works by Melanchthon, 16 by Calvin and 10 by Luther. The number of writings by the other authors is much smaller: 4 from Musculus, 3–3 from Aretius and Brenz, and 1–1 from Bèze, Chyträus and Zanchi. Almost three quarters of these publications, 43 in all, were brought to the Carpathian Basin before 1601, mostly in the second half of the 16th century.