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Examining Some Ethical Issues in the Context of War -- One of the main questions of this paper is whether the arguments in defence of war can be coupled with equal concern for the laws of war. While a permissive reading of the classical, theological just war tradition draws a number of conclu-sions that can be debated, this essay has attempted to draw attention to the fact that Augustine's questions of disordered political commitments (loves) are insep-arable from the more familiar questions of “right reason”, “right power” and “right intention”. Augustine’s reading reminds us that political desires still determine not only decisions to enter into armed conflict, but also the application of the inter-national law. On the one hand, politics is a means of influencing the dominant powers, a means of spreading their values, but also a means of holding them to account. It is also the voice of the oppressed and the vulnerable.

Az 1990-es évek krízishelyzete Kelet-Közép-Európában, s így Erdélyben is bizonyos szempontból hasonló az 1930-as évek Amerikájához, ahol a válság hirtelen jött. A lényeges különbség a mi esetünkben az, hogy mi alkalmazkodtunk ezekhez a szociális kedvezőtlenségekhez. A posztszocialista instabilitás életmóddá vált, és nem pusztán túlélése a hirtelen jött, váratlan helyzetnek. Nincs semmiféle stratégia, sem hosszú távú tervezés, a globális piac függőségében élő posztszocialista államok számára rendkívül természetes az állandó készenlét. Az egyetlen stratégia talán, ami az elmúlt harminc évben az emberekben kialakult: mindennap készenlétben állni és várni, hogy valami történni fog.

A koronavírus-járvány következményeit értékelő magyar nyelvű teológiai, ekléziológiai, liturgiai szakirodalom a járvány megjelenése óta egyre gyarapodik. A közölt tanulmányok átfogó teológiai értékeléseket, szempontokat, véleményeket, észrevételeket, reflexiókat, kritikákat fogalmaztak meg a koronavírus-járvány alatti vallásos és egyházi élet két fontos témájával kapcsolatosan: a távistentiszteletek (online istentiszteletek) és az úrvacsora kérdésköreit, valamint az ezekhez kapcsolódó problémaköröket is érintették.

Isa 8:16 is considered a key reference regarding the formation of the book of Isaiah and the role of prophetic disciples in this process. This article argues, however, that originally this verse had a more limited significance. The instruction to which v. 16 refers is to be identified with vv. 12-15 rather than an early ‘book’ of Isaiah. The expression ‘the instructed ones’ (of YHWH rather than the prophet) is applied to the prophet’s audience. This term reflects Isaiah’s characteristic view of prophesying as an act of instruction and prophecy as a form of teaching, and it does not presuppose the existence of any prophetic school. The view that sealing the instruction would allude to preserving prophetic teaching for the posterity is discounted here in favour of understanding the symbolic act as a metaphor from the legal sphere refering to authentication, with no inherent temporal significance.

In studies on the composition of prophetic literature, the larger textual layers reinterpreting earlier texts, the so-called Fortschreibungen, received much attention. It is well-known that beside these larger literary elaborations prophetic books also contain shorter explanatory interpolations, often called glosses, which intend to clarify a particular imagery of the prophecy (e.g., Isa 9:14). A systematic reading of these short annotations has been neglected, however, in studying the formation of prophetic books. The present article reconsiders the Isaiah-Memoir from this perspective. It identifies editorial interpolations in three distinct pericopes, Isa 8:2, 8:6-7a and 8:23b. It is argued here that the identification of such explanatory additions is the key to understanding notorious textual complexities. Moreover, it points out that these interpolations tend to expose recognisable patterns and common hermeneutical principles.

Deși Catehismul a ajuns până la noi din trecut, prin încărcătura sa ideatică, el este extrem de actual, prezența sa este extrem de necesară în dezbaterile metafizice și ideologice din contemporaneitate. Problema „apartenenței” credinciosului, așa cum ne-o prezintă Catehismul, nu este una pur teologică, valabilă exclusiv întrun anumit cadru religios și confesional de discuție, ci ea vizează, cu maximă gravitate, omul și condiția sa aici și acum, propunându-și să ne pună în gardă cu privire la pericolele grave care pândesc existența umană. Cea mai mare amenințare pentru om este omul însuși, cu modul său defectuos de gândire.