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This paper is an expanded and somewhat more elaborated version of an earlier study in which I tried to give a general overview on the word-usage concerning the passion of Jesus Christ in the early Christian creeds. The purpose of this short paper is in part to give a comparative presentation of the sufferings of Lord Jesus Christ in the Western Creeds, and in part I also try to define the role of mentioning the name of Pontius Pilatus in them.

I invite the reader to take a journey into the theological world of two little treatises written by one of the most interesting ecclesiastical figures of the fifth century coming from the Antiochene tradition: Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus.

The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it sets the historical context in which Aphrahat wrote his Demonstrations and deals with the interesting relationship between his writings, ‘against the Jews’ and the Sassanian persecution of Christians. It also treats his refutation of the Jewish charges. Secondly, it addresses his ‘unique’ view of christology which is not in line with the Nicene decision concerning one aspect yet at the same time it is congruent with it. The paper also tries to point out that his view on christology was ‘unique’ but not exceptional in the Early Church.

Márk volt az első, aki a Jézusról szóló hagyományanyagokat összesítette, megalkotva ezzel az evangélium műfaját. Az egész evangéliumban azonban egyetlen alkalommal sem válik nyilvánvalóvá, hogy Jézus valóban az Isten Fia lenne. Ezt nevezi az újszövetségi szakirodalom „messiási titoknak”, amely csupán a keresztre feszítéskor, pontosabban Jézus halálakor válik nyilvánvalóvá a százados hitvallásából. Márk evangéliumának lényege tehát Jézus istenfiúsága, és az, amit Ő értünk tett. Ez az az örömhír, amelyet az evangélista tovább akart adni: a keresztesemény. Tehát Márk teológiai koncepciójának középpontjában a kereszt, vagyis a Megfeszített áll.