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In his 1583 ritual entitled Agendarius, which was innovative in many respects in comparison to its Hungarian predecessors, Bishop Miklós Telegdi of Pécs, the administrator of the diocese of Esztergom, added sample-like sermons to the rituals of the administration of the sacraments accompanying the great turning points of life (viz. baptism, confirmation, wedding etc.). He was presumably guided chiefly by pastoral considerations. For the second edition of 1596 (published after Telegdi’s death), the editors added a second funeral sermon, clearly intended for a more educated, urban audience – judging from the scholarly Latin quotations and the general tone. A comparison of the structure and content of the two speeches provides useful conclusions as to what the ecclesiastical authorities of the time considered advisable to preach at the time of death to mourners lacking basic schooling and what to the more learned audience.

The “Why?” question emerges inevitably whenever a tragedy or trauma happens in our human lives. The case was hardly different in prehistoric times, in the Old Testament, or in Jesus’s era. It is an intriguing question therefore what Jesus’ attitude and approach would have been to such unexpected disasters.

Telegden négy szálas fenyőfa jelzi, hogy a templom kapitális rendbetétele alkalmával elültetett svájci csemeték úgy élték át a viharos időket, mint a Sass Kálmán és jótevőinek kimagasodó emléke. Ez az emlékezet a torzítás és az elhallgatás dacára is égre mutatóan bátorította a híveket. A mezőtelegdi lelkész úgy tudja a szájhagyomány alapján, hogy a templomszentelés alkalmával jelen volt a faültető Welti házaspár is.