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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.

A milánói rendelet latin és görög szövegváltozatai, a közösség tulajdonjogának elismerése, illetve a megfogalmazás módja és hangsúlyai tizenhét évszázad távlatából is tanulságosak. Ez tehát a tulajdonképpeni restitutio ad institutionem, ti. nem csupán az intézménynek (ad institutum) történő, hanem legalább annyira az okulásunkra (ad institutionem nostram) szolgáló helyreállítás. Sőt: helyreigazítás. Az egészséges állam–egyház viszony úgy valósulhat meg a jövendőben, ha a jelenkori államhatalom megszívleli a Konstantin-féle restitúciós elveket, a keresztyén Anyaszentegyház pedig nem feledkezik el John Wyclifnek az egyházi javak céljára vonatkozó figyelmeztetéséről: a mindenkori egyháznak elmulaszthatatlan kötelessége, hogy összes javaival Isten dicsőségét szolgálja.

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.