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Through an exploration of the editions of the hymnal published in 1924 by Márton Pálffi, this study provides insight into the reverence for tradition surrounding the hymnal, as well as the arduous but unsuccessful efforts made by those aiming to rejuvenate it. Politics often encroached upon the life of the Church, evident in the evolution of the hymnal. The changes of political power and country borders, as well as the imposition of communist censorship, have also significantly influenced the Unitarian hymnal. Despite all efforts, errors persisted in editions published post-1989. This research endeavours to trace these changes across a century of history.

Works of Protestant reformers in the collections of the Lutheran High School in Mediaș. Since 2018, our research has been conducted in the historical libraries of Transylvania, focusing on the works of fifteen Western European Protestant theologians, known as reformers, who were active in the 16th century. At the Lutheran Gymnasium library in Mediaș, we discovered 58 theological texts by these authors. This number is representative of the average size of the collections we have examined. Notably, three-quarters of the works we reviewed are attributed to just three of these authors: 19 works by Melanchthon, 16 by Calvin and 10 by Luther. The number of writings by the other authors is much smaller: 4 from Musculus, 3–3 from Aretius and Brenz, and 1–1 from Bèze, Chyträus and Zanchi. Almost three quarters of these publications, 43 in all, were brought to the Carpathian Basin before 1601, mostly in the second half of the 16th century.

E kötet ünnepeltje több könyvéből és tanulmányából is kiviláglik, hogy teológiai munkássága egy részét Ferencz József életének szentelte, s éppen ezért gondoltam arra, hogy a köszöntésére szánt tanulmányomat kedvenc kutatási területéről választom. Az ünnepelt Teológia és népszolgálat című művében alaposan elemezte a matuzsálemi kort megért püspök minden teológiai szakdiszciplínát felölelőmunkásságát, és ezért köszöntő írásomban Ferencz József életpályájának csupán egyetlen mozzanatához szeretnék néhány megjegyzést fűzni.