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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.

Mivel egyházi jogalkotásunk a mai napig adós a pénzügy- és számvitel szabályozásának kidolgozásával, és mert az állami könyvviteli szabályozás olyan mértékben fejlődik, hogy azt gyakran még a szakembereknek is nehéz követniük, kívánatos az egyházak esetében alkalmazandó könyvviteli szabályozás áttekintése. Emellett szükséges ezeknek a jogszabályoknak a kiegészítése belső egyházi törvényeinkkel, illetve az egyházi szokásjoggal. Ezt a tanulmányt elsősorban azoknak a lelkipásztoroknak ajánlom, akik az egyházi számvitellel munkájuk során naponta találkoznak. De használhatják azok a lelkipásztori pályára készülő teológiai hallgatók és gyakornokok is, akiknek elkerülhetetlenül meg kell ismerkedniük a könyvvezetés és pénzügyvitel szabályaival.

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.