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Kétségtelen, hogy amikor az erdélyi református egyház jellegéről beszélünk, akkor mindenkinek a népegyházi sajátosság jut elsőként eszébe. Ha bármilyen közegyházi beszédben az egyházban végzett szolgálat kudarcairól, sikertelenségeiről, a nehéz, sokszor szinte lehetetlennek tűnő próbálkozásokról esik szó, a népegyházi jelleget okoljuk, vagy legalábbis nagyon pejoratív értelemben használjuk ezt a jellemzőt, szinte minden további próbálkozás lehetőségét kizárva. Vajon mennyiben helytálló ez? Nem csak a könnyebbik út választása-e, vagy éppen kibúvó a nagy erőfeszítéseket kívánó próbálkozások, stratégiák, struktúrák újragondolása alól? Igaz, megszoktuk, hogy a gyülekezeti munka – legalábbis itt, Erdélyben – eddig inerciából működött, de az utóbbi évek jelenségei (elsősorban a Covid-19- re gondolok közelebbről) megmutatták, hogy a helyzet nem ennyire nyilvánvaló, hanem sokkal árnyaltabb.

Colecția Blaj a Bibliotecii Filialei Academiei Române din Cluj reprezintă un important vestigiu cultural al greco-catolicismului din Ardeal. Nucleul bibliotecii este format din colecția mănăstirii basilitane ctitorite în 1747 cu hramul Sfintei Treimi. În același an a început activitatea seminarului diecezan. Se pare că cele două instituții au avut o bibliotecă comună. Cărțile au fost inventariate pentru prima dată în 1752. Materialul prezentat face parte dintr-o cercetare mai amplă, care vizează descrierea operelor teologilor protestanți din secolul XVI păstrate în colecțiile istorice din Ardeal. În Colecția Blaj a Bibliotecii Filialei Cluj a Academiei Române se găsesc 421 de tipărituri din secolul XVI.

Miklós Telegdi, a Roman Catholic bishop of the reformation period, was an important figure of his generation. The confessional guide of his Agendarius, first published in 1583 in nagyszombat (Trnava, now in Slovakia), is particular as to its structure and content. in Hungary, this is the first penitential guide that was written in a unique style, including vernacular parts and containing exhortations in a large number. The confessional includes a text discussing the strict obligation on the seal of confession as well as a confession mirror which, according to its genre, is a tool of individual self-examination. In my paper, I attempt to answer the question whether Telegdi’s confessional guide is only unique from a national point of view or also in a wider, international context.

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.