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The sermons written for the first Sunday after the epiphany, according to the medieval order of the pericopes, are based on the story of 12-year-old Jesus teaching in the temple (Luke 2:41-52). Therefore, the duties of parents and children are usually presented in these sermons. A following of this pericopal tradition can be found among 16th-century Hungarian publications in the books of the pastors Péter Bornemisza, István Beythe and György Kulcsár, and the priest Miklós Telegdi. Through their sermons, I examine how these authors wrote about the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’ child as well as what methods they offered for improving the behaviour and morals of said ‘bad’ child.

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.

Weather imagery plays a major role in Hosea. Hosea 2 recalls the image of an unfaithful wife; Hosea 4:2–3 describes the withering of the land; in 6:3; 10:12; 14:6, the several types of precipitation draw attention to the utterance of YHWH or the requested righteousness; in 9:10.13.16; 10:1; 13:5; 14:6.8, Israel is symbolised by different plants that blossom and wither, depending on their relation to Yhwh. In all of these instances, weather phenomena contribute to these images. In this article, I try to catalogue and evaluate the metaphors and concepts to look at how meteorological images convey theological and historical messages, and vice versa how historical events or sociological procedures demonstrate their consequences in nature, especially in the weather. It seems that weather imagery is used to describe the consequences of idolatry, injustice and false politics.

Amikor a Dán 4-et olvasom, arra gondolok, hogy milyen módon is függ össze a politika és a politikus. Talán úgy, hogy van egy fogalom a maga jellemzőivel, amelyekből kirajzolódik egy kép, és ebbe illeszkedik bele egy személy, aki a politikát esetleg foglalkozásként műveli, és abból él. Ennek a mércének valahol az egyház is megfelel. Mert nem mindegy, milyen az egyház, milyen jellemzői vannak, és az sem mindegy, hogy milyenek annak tagjai, illetve hogy a fogalom miként határozza meg azokat, akik azt képviselik, és rajtuk keresztül milyen kép alakul ki mások szemléletében. Ebben az összefüggésben az egyházpolitika fogalmának is van üzenete. A fogalom arra utal, hogy valamilyen módon kapcsolat áll fenn az egyház és a politika között. Akármilyen is legyen a politika, abban ott van az egyház, annak tagjai meghatározhatják a politikát, nem beszélve azokról, akik közöttünk élnek, és politikusként egyházi emberek.