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Family and kinship. Who cares for the family’s concerns today? Practice obedience and love (in the family), for this is pleasing in the Lord (Colossians 3:18–4:1). In an era of secularisation, individuals have drifted from the familial narratives found in the Bible, prioritising personal over communal interests. This shift prompts theologians to consider how they might use Scripture to address contemporary ethical transformations. The early apologists offer a model for engaging with these changes, having adapted their teachings to the Hellenistic context while infusing them with Christian values. This is exemplified by the “Haustafels” (household codes) in the apostolic epistles, which I examine for their Christian ethos and links to ancient economic texts. These codes’ principles—responsibility and mutual respect—remain relevant and vital for harmonious family and community life today.

This study presents the doctrinal environment of the Nicaeno-Constantinopolitanum, including its lost Tomus, mentioned by the synodal epistle of 382, in light of which the Creed’s theology ought to be explained. Despite some lacunae, modern scholarship established links between the West (Rome), the Antiochene council of 379 and the ecumenical council of 381. The Fathers’ attempts to find new methods of expressing a pneumatology based on the threefold ὁμοούσια demonstrate that the consubstantiality was meant to be extended to the Spirit. The Early Church regarded the Nicene Creed as being “the faith” (ἡ πίστις) or “the symbol” (τὸ σύμβολον). The other three formulae (of 381, 433 and 451) were definitions or explanations (ὅροι) of, yet by no means additions to “the ancient faith of the 318 holy Fathers”.

A keresztyének társadalmi felelősségéről Péter első levele az ún. házitáblákban beszél, amelyek a levél második részét képezik (2,11– 4,11). Ezekben az intelmekben összefoglalja azokat az erkölcsi elveket, illetve magatartásformákat, amelyek a keresztyének felelős életvitelére vonatkoznak. Az erkölcsi tanításokat csak akkor érthetjük helyesen, ha figyelembe vesszük azt a szövegkörnyezetet, amelybe a levélíró beágyazta azokat.

Ez a szótár nem csupán a teológiai tudományokban jártasok és egyházi műveltségűek számára készült, hanem azoknak is segítséget kíván nyújtani, akik bármely tudomány területén kutatnak.