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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.

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.

Az igehirdetés mindig kritikus helyzetben van, s ennek fő oka, hogy maguk az igehirdetők krízisben, válságban élő emberek. Egyszerűbben szólva: bűnös emberek kísérlik meg hétről hétre és istentiszteletről istentiszteletre, hogy más bűnös embereknek a szent, tiszta, tökéletes Isten beszédét közvetítsék. Igehirdetési alapelvként azt vallom, hogy a prédikáció a Szentlélektől fogantatik és az igehirdetőtől születik. Ilyen értelemben – és csakis így – állítható, hogy a prédikáció Isten és ember közös műve az embertársak üdvösségre jutása érdekében.