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În acest eseu, îmi propun să conturez doctrina referitoare la întruparea lui Isus Hristos așa cum este reflectată în cele mai semnificative crezuri ale creștinismului. Totuși, pentru a înțelege evoluția acestei doctrine, voi începe prin a prezenta câteva imagini din lumea primelor declarații asemănătoare cu crezul care au apărut în perioada post-biblică.

This paper is an expanded and somewhat more elaborated version of an earlier study in which I tried to give a general overview on the word-usage concerning the passion of Jesus Christ in the early Christian creeds. The purpose of this short paper is in part to give a comparative presentation of the sufferings of Lord Jesus Christ in the Western Creeds, and in part I also try to define the role of mentioning the name of Pontius Pilatus in them.

I invite the reader to take a journey into the theological world of two little treatises written by one of the most interesting ecclesiastical figures of the fifth century coming from the Antiochene tradition: Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus.

A most következő előadásban két kérdésre keresem a választ. 1. A múltra nézve: Hogyan kezdte ünnepelni a keresztyénség karácsonykor Jézus Krisztus születését? 2. A jelenre nézve: Mit jelent a mai gyülekezet, a mai keresztyén ember számára a karácsony ünneplése?

Homiletikai órák, teológiai kurzusok emlékei és lelkipásztori tapasztalataink segítenek két fő kérdés megválaszolásában: mit és hogyan prédikáljunk karácsonykor? Ezekre próbálok válaszolni, elismerve, hogy nem vagyok homiléta és egykori 17 éves lelkipásztori szolgálatom időben távol van. Talán nem sok újat fogok mondani, de néhány egykor megtanult homiletikai elvet felújítok, szempontokat adok karácsonyi prédikációs szolgálatunkhoz.

In this short paper I would like to provide a comparative analysis of the passages concerning the passion of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Early Christian confessions (among them the Apostolic Creed1 as well), because these passages are frequently the source of theological misunderstanding and debates. The main question which urged me to do this research had occurred in relation with the Apostolic Creed. How do we say correctly: ‘I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended into hell…’ or ‘I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered, under Pontius Pilate He was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended into hell…’? I shall try to answer this question by analysing the relevant passages of the creeds which were composed in the first six centuries.

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