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John Chrysostom uses military metaphors from Romans to help believers understand their relationship with God and engage in spiritual warfare. He compares circumcision and baptism to expand their meaning. By likening body parts to weapons, he teaches that individuals choose whether to serve truth or sin. In this analogy, God is the commander, and believers are soldiers fighting sin, stressing obedience and trust. Chrysostom urges obedience to God akin to soldiers obeying their leader, connecting it with faith-based trust. Military imagery encourages active participation in battling sin, emphasising commitment beyond formal duties. Overall, Chrysostom’s metaphors aim to deepen the congregation’s faith through active engagement and obedience.

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.

Ezzel a szerény munkával, a Krisztus-hívők ama csoportja iránt kívánom leróni tiszteletemet és szeretetemet, akik a baptistált Jézus Krisztustól soha — még a küzdelem, szenvedés idejében — sem maradtak, el. Akik az ő „Mesterükért" éhséget, szomjúságot, fogságot, botozást egyaránt elviseltek. Sőt a legborzasztóbb gyötrelem óráiban; a vérpad, lenyakaztatás, vízbefojtás vagy a megégetés kínos perceiben is, bátor bizonyságtevői voltak az Űr Jézus Krisztusnak.

Amerikában az ottani nagy protestáns egyházak, a methodista, baptista, református, lutheránus és anglikán egyházak köréből indult ki.