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My interest in the topic of suffering has been stimulated essentially by the experiences from the pastoral visits and pastoral encounters in a Transylvanian congregation where I work as a pastor. The interchange with the believers and their hardship lead me to conclude that many homes along the streets there are houses of suffering, many life-stories are stories of suffering. Often the suffering encountered at the heart of the believers’ home is something what makes them to “live as if they will never die and die as if they had never lived”. Nevertheless, accompanying the believers in their search for meaning and comfort I realized that they continue to believe in God despite suffering, impoverishment and oppression. But what I often experience is a struggle with ethical shortcuts in the midst of suffering.

Kálvin felfogása a Szentírás ihletettségéről. Mihai Androne a galaci Dunărea de Jos Egyetem református hitű filozófiatanára vizsgálat alá vette nemcsak a kálvini inspirációtant, hanem az erre használt terminológiát is, és arra a következtetésre jutott, hogy a reformátor a verbális inspirációt vallotta, anélkül azonban, hogy háttérbe szorította volna „az emberi szerzők egyéniségét és értelmi tevékenységét. A terminológia szintjén hiányzanak bizonyos, az ihletettség típusaira vonatkozó meghatározások. Ezek hiánya, valamint a különféle elméletekre vonatkozó érvek és ellenérvek sokszínűsége élénken jelzi, hogy ugyanazon vallási hagyományon belül megszakad a múlt és a jelen közötti folyamatosság. Ebben a tekintetben a reformátori teológia az öntisztázás útján halad.

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.