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In this dissertation I would like to present an extract from Philipp Melanchthon's work Catechesis puerilis. I translated part of the work from Latin into Hungarian. The work, Catechesis puerilis, is quite distinct from Martin Luther's well-known Small Catechism. However, their objective is the same: to teach the knowledge of the Christian faith. Philipp Melanchthon begins the catechesis with a grammar lesson for school-age children. I have divided my dissertation into five major units. The first part is about the life of Philipp Melanchthon. I will briefly talk about his childhood, his school years, and then about his personality, his family and his family life. I am interested in what Melanchthon was like as a child, who were the people who helped him, who took him in, so to speak. In the second part I talk about Melanchthon as a teacher. I was curious to know what Melanchthon was like as a teacher.

A dolgozatom témája a Brassóban kiadott magyar evangélikus káték a 18-19. században. A dolgozat célja, hogy felkutassa, összesítse az idők folyamán már feledésbe merült brassói magyar evangélikus kátékról rendelkezésre álló adatokat, valamint, hogy a dolgozat eredményeinek népszerűsítése révén visszahozza a köztudatba az erdélyi magyar evangélikus vallásos irodalomnak ezeket a példáit. Kutatásomhoz szükség volt levéltári kutatómunkára, valamint különböző szakirodalom elolvasására és feldolgozására is (egyháztörténet, teológiatörténet, liturgika, kateketika). Kutatásom célcsoportjához tartoznak mindazok, akik érdeklődnek az erdélyi magyar evangélikus egyháztörténelem, a katekizmus kialakulása és magyar területen való elterjedése, valamint az erdélyi magyar evangélikus vallásos irodalom iránt.

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.

A Heidelbergi Káté magyarázása szószéken vagy katedrán ma már alig van gyakorlatban Magyar Református Egyházunkban. A kátémagyarázatra, a kátéprédikációra manapság már alig találunk példát egyházi kiadványaink sorában, s talán egy kézen meg lehetne számolni, hogy hány jelent meg az utóbbi száz esztendőben. Igaz, korábban sem jelent meg több kátémagyarázat, de sokat legalább kézzel másolt formában terjesztettek, mert a lelkipásztorok és tanárok századokon keresztül igényelték az újabb kátémagyarázatokat.

In this short paper I would like to provide a comparative analysis of the passages concerning the passion of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Early Christian confessions (among them the Apostolic Creed1 as well), because these passages are frequently the source of theological misunderstanding and debates. The main question which urged me to do this research had occurred in relation with the Apostolic Creed. How do we say correctly: ‘I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended into hell…’ or ‘I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered, under Pontius Pilate He was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended into hell…’? I shall try to answer this question by analysing the relevant passages of the creeds which were composed in the first six centuries.