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The sermons written for the first Sunday after the epiphany, according to the medieval order of the pericopes, are based on the story of 12-year-old Jesus teaching in the temple (Luke 2:41-52). Therefore, the duties of parents and children are usually presented in these sermons. A following of this pericopal tradition can be found among 16th-century Hungarian publications in the books of the pastors Péter Bornemisza, István Beythe and György Kulcsár, and the priest Miklós Telegdi. Through their sermons, I examine how these authors wrote about the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’ child as well as what methods they offered for improving the behaviour and morals of said ‘bad’ child.

In his 1583 ritual entitled Agendarius, which was innovative in many respects in comparison to its Hungarian predecessors, Bishop Miklós Telegdi of Pécs, the administrator of the diocese of Esztergom, added sample-like sermons to the rituals of the administration of the sacraments accompanying the great turning points of life (viz. baptism, confirmation, wedding etc.). He was presumably guided chiefly by pastoral considerations. For the second edition of 1596 (published after Telegdi’s death), the editors added a second funeral sermon, clearly intended for a more educated, urban audience – judging from the scholarly Latin quotations and the general tone. A comparison of the structure and content of the two speeches provides useful conclusions as to what the ecclesiastical authorities of the time considered advisable to preach at the time of death to mourners lacking basic schooling and what to the more learned audience.

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.

Hazai teológiai neveltetésemnél fogva akaratlanul is ahhoz szoktam, hogy nálunk, ha nem is kiélezett, de valamennyire éles különbséget szokás tenni a gyakorlati és az úgymond elméleti teológia, illetve a teológia gyakorlati és elméleti oldala között. Így hát bizonyos fenntartással, rejtett kétkedéssel fogtam hozzá Walter Brueggemann Uttered beyond Fear – Isaiah 43:1–5, Mark 6:47–52 című prédikációjának tanulmányozásához. Bár tudomásom volt arról, hogy Brueggemannt nemcsak egyetemi előadóként és interjúalanyként lehet hallani, illetve olvasni, hanem igehirdetőként is, arra számítottam, hogy olyan szakkifejezésekkel teletűzdelt és a valóságtól a tudományos absztrakció fellegeibe rugaszkodott szakszöveggel lesz dolgom, amelyet csak illemből lehet prédikációnak nevezni, s amely attól lett igehirdetés, hogy történetesen nem egyetemi katedráról, hanem valamelyik templom szószékről hangzott el.

E nagyobb lélegzetvételű tanulmány a metafora jelentésalkotásáról szól. Nem kérdéses, hogy a teológiai kutatás és a szószéki igehirdetés, illetve a gyülekezeti szolgálat összefüggenek egymással. Mert ahogyan gondolkodunk a jelentésalkotásról, úgy értelmezünk, és ezzel máris a prédikációkészítésnél vagyunk. Ha pedig textusprédikációra törekszünk, akkor azt a szempontot követjük, hogy a bibliai szövegrész milyen jelentést, és annak milyen alkalmazását engedi meg; mert akik értelmeznek, azok a szöveg szolgái.

Negative Aspects in the Picture about יהוה. Approaches of Three Writers of Old Testament Theology. Different modes of interpretation drive to different conclusions. This study examines these differences in the works by W. Eichrodt, G. von Rad- and W. Brueggemann of Old Testament theology. The two former authors use the historical interpretation, while the third one is the representative of the rhetorical and narrative theology. The theme of Yahweh’s negative aspects is always a stumbling-block not only for laymen, but also for the scholars of theology. Differences deriving from interpretation are illustrated through three biblical examples: the heavenly scenes in 1Kings 22 and Isaiah 6, Saul’s story, and that of the Book of Job.