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The hermeneutics of István Tőkés. Following the First World War, the theological stance of the Transylvanian Reformed Church underwent a significant shift. Faculty members at the Reformed Theological Faculty of Cluj-Napoca embraced a “confessional, biblical, constructive” approach, realigning with core Reformed principles, and subsequently, in 1925, they began to follow Karl Barth’s New Reformed theology. István Tőkés, a New Testament professor at the Protestant Theological Institute in Cluj from 1973 to 1983, was mentored by these teachers. This paper explores the evolution of Tőkés’ hermeneutics and exegesis, particularly influenced by Albert Maksay.

In this dissertation I would like to present an extract from Philipp Melanchthon's work Catechesis puerilis. I translated part of the work from Latin into Hungarian. The work, Catechesis puerilis, is quite distinct from Martin Luther's well-known Small Catechism. However, their objective is the same: to teach the knowledge of the Christian faith. Philipp Melanchthon begins the catechesis with a grammar lesson for school-age children. I have divided my dissertation into five major units. The first part is about the life of Philipp Melanchthon. I will briefly talk about his childhood, his school years, and then about his personality, his family and his family life. I am interested in what Melanchthon was like as a child, who were the people who helped him, who took him in, so to speak. In the second part I talk about Melanchthon as a teacher. I was curious to know what Melanchthon was like as a teacher.

A képen a következő személyek láthatók (balról-jobbra): Lengyel Lóránd, Tőkés István, Juhász István, Rapp Károly, Hermann Binder, Erdő János, Hermann Pitters, Gálfy Zoltán.

Kurt Jakob Rüetschi megemlékezik Tőkés István református teológusról.

Melanchton is usually considered as both a Humanist and a Reformer. Many of the books and studies written about him present him as a theologian. It is also worthwhile studying the Humanist intellectual components of his personality, since, after all, a great proportion of his works are ones which present him as a deep thinking, through intellectual, writing with sublime eloquence.

Rezi Elek - Vallás – teológia – erkölcs összefüggései, Tőkés István 90 éves, Emlékműavatás a Teológián, Hálaadó ünnepség a Teológián, Aranygyűrűs teológiai doktor, Katolikus és protestáns tanárok találkozója

Önéletírásából kiderül, hogy olthévízi élete és szolgálata két jól elkülöníthető szakaszra osztható: 1743–1746 között Bethlen Kata udvari lelkészeként, 1746–1749 között pedig udvari és gyülekezeti lelkészként is szolgált a faluban.