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Valentinus and His Teaching in the Light of Modern Research and Ancient Christian Heresiology -- The first part of this paper contains a summary of the life and teachings of Valentinus written by Bernadett Szűcs, in which the author sketches the most important aspects of this complex topic based on the early Christian primary sources harmonized with the state of the modern research. As an appendix to this introduction, the second part of this paper, written by György Papp contains the first Hungarian translation (accompanied by the original Greek text from the recently published critical edition) of one of the primary sources with a short introduction, to the text: the chapter about Valentinus in the Haereticarum fabularum compendium of Theodoret of Cyrus.

The paper presents some aspects of the theological science which I considered important for the permanent renewal of doing theology in the Hungarian Reformed Church of Transylvania. I hope I made it clear through this paper that doing theology means also the shaping of a new life (both of the one doing theology and their readers), which is conceived and developing in the safety of the living-space of the New Covenant through Jesus, i.e., the Kingdom of God, which came near us. This new life, i.e., the “Kingdom-membership” implies also new understanding: a new understanding not only of the whole life but of the interpretation or definition of the essence of theological science as well.

A cím kötelez, hogy elméleti szinten taglaljam a kérdést és analitikusan bontsam ki a témát. Ezt várják tőlem mint tanártól, s ennek igyekszem is eleget tenni. Azonban manapság túl sok ilyen helyzetelemző előadás hangzik el, jelenik meg írásban, ami persze nem baj, csak akkor válik azzá, ha hiányzik belőlük az üzenet, ha nem késztetnek továbbgondolkozásra, vagy éppen erkölcsi cselekvésre.