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Tineretul de astăzi se confruntă cu o criză a identității valorilor, fără a fi vinovat pentru aceasta. Cei responsabili de educația și îndrumarea lor, cum ar fi părinții, dascălii, clericii și îndrumătorii spirituali, și-au pierdut orientarea spirituală, preferând adesea siguranța în locul mântuirii. În societatea actuală, se observă o predominanță a răului explicată prin prisma mentalității evoluționiste susținute de știință. În acest context, cuvintele din Sfânta Scriptură și apelul către Dumnezeu par a fi fără rost. Răul este adesea redus la încălcări ale normelor etice, explicate printr-un raționalism care justifică urmarea pasiunilor personale. Abaterea de la calea corectă trasată de Părinții Bisericii, precursorii pedagogiei moderne, a dus la o pierdere a valorilor fundamentale ale creației divine. Este esențial să redescoperim fundamentul creștin al pedagogiei și orientarea spirituală pentru a remedia această situație.

Theis paper analyses the concept of “imago Dei” based on the 6th answer of the Heidelberg Catechism. I chose this topic as it is one of the most controversial questions of systematic theology. If one browses through the dogmatic and ethical works written from the earliest period of Christianity to the most recent times, they will find a large variety of answers. All of these attempt to explain what the writer of Genesis meant by the expression na‘aśęh ’ ādām beṣalmenu kidemutenu. The Heidelberg Catechism deals with this topic in the 6th answer where the authors attested that God did not create the first human being godless and malicious. After stating that as a matter of fact, God created man according to his own image and likeness, the Catechism explains the term imago Dei in a twofold way: first, it seeks to define the inner content of the image and similitude of God, and secondly it expands upon the purpose of man given by God as the image of his creator within the creation.

This volume contains selected papers from the broader field of History of Christian Doctrines, and more specifically from Patristics and Reformation studies, but also from the border between them. Most of them were written in the academic year 2014-2015, during my MA studies in the field of Patristics at the Theological University of the (vrijgemaakt) Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, in Kampen. The main topic of the MA programme was the Baptism in the Early Church, therefore the most of these papers presents various aspects of this question. In the following few paragraphs I will present short summary of each paper from this volume.

A tanulmány célja bemutatni az 1Móz 1,26-ban olvasható kijenetés (teremtsünk embert a mi képünkre és hasonlatosságunkra) héber és görög szövege közötti kapcsolatot.

Magyar református teológiánk évtizedek óta egy teljesen indokolt feszülésben munkálkodik. Keresi az utat a tárgyilagos tudományosság és a gyülekezeti felhasználhatóság között. Joggal meg akar felelni egy általában vett tudományosságnak, de az elvont, steril tudóskodást nem engedheti meg magának, mert sem akkora tudós csapatot nem tud kiállítani, mint nyugati testvéregyházai, sem olyan anyagi és felszerelési fedezettel nem rendelkezik, mint amazok. Így, akik igényt tartanak arra, hogy munkájukat tudománynak tartsák, igyekeznek egy átlagos színvonalon maradni, s közben megfelelni annak, amit az igehirdető egyház elvár tőlük.

Sok neve van Istennek az Írásban: Teremtő, az Úr, pásztor, hős, harcos, útmutató, vár, király, megváltó, kiváltó, apa, anya, hitves, gyógyító, tanító, mester, fazekas, szobrász, ének, tápláló, eltartó, Izráel Szentje, vándorbot, erő, út, béke, társ, vigasz és még mi minden, „Hogy megtudják napkelettől napnyugtáig: senki sincs rajtam kívül, én vagyok az Úr, és nincs más! Harmatozzatok, egek, felülről, és a felhők hullassanak igazságot! Nyíljék meg a föld, teremjen szabadulást, és igazság sarjadjon vele! Én, az Úr, teremtettem azt.” (Ézs 45,6.8)