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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.

Önéletírásából kiderül, hogy olthévízi élete és szolgálata két jól elkülöníthető szakaszra osztható: 1743–1746 között Bethlen Kata udvari lelkészeként, 1746–1749 között pedig udvari és gyülekezeti lelkészként is szolgált a faluban.