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Rezumând atitudinea terapeuților față de bunăstare, putem constata că această comunitate a ridicat la un nivel atât de înalt valorile spirituale, încât a ignorat absolut tot ce aparține vieții zilnice obișnuite. Ei s-au străduit la înmulțirea bo-găției înțelepciunii (par. 16–17, 20) și a valorilor spirituale. În rândul acestei co-munități meditațiile asupra Sfintelor Scripturi, a cărților sfinte proprii, precum și asupra înțelepciunii dumnezeiești (par. 1, 28–30, 67) sunt absolut primordiale, din care rezultă retragerea din lume și disprețuirea totală a bogăției pământești.

Kálvin a német köztudatban rideg és kemény természetű emberként él. De vajon hiteles-e a róla alkotott kép? Mindenesetre nem ismerjük eléggé őt, vagy pedig félreismertük, hogyha nem hallottunk zeneszeretetéről. Zene iránti rajongása igenis eleven volt. Ismerte és nagyra becsülte kora muzsikáját, a reneszánsz dallamokat, olyannyira, hogy zenehallgatás közben nemegyszer könnyekre is fakadt. Épületesnek tartotta azt a gondolatot, hogy zenélni nemcsak az ember képes, hanem tulajdonképpen az egész teremtett mindenség muzsikál. Vajon halljuk-e a teremtés muzsikáját?

Psalm-singing in the Community of Therapeutae Based on De vita contemplativa by Philo of Alexandria. The Therapeutae’s ascetic devotion is characterized not only by searching the scriptures, meditation and prayer but also by singing of hymns and psalms. Hymns were composed by the principals of the community, they were those who taught the community members to sing them and they continually enriched the hymnal with new ones. The Essenes’ and Therapeutae’s psalm-singing indicates first of all the common Old Testament origin. However these religious communities had different self-identity from that of the normative Jews and this identity required for a special psalm-poetry to be accomplished. The Therapeutae’s psalms remind us of the church psalm-tradition characterized, just like the Essene hymns, by responsive singing and refrains.