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Simone Weil élete nem más, mint egy misztikus aszkéta tanúságtétele. Mintha az életének célja lett volna az, hogy a szenvedők iránti együttérzés miatt ő maga is szenvedjen. Nem véletlen, hogy filozófiája, hite szerint a legmélyebb szenvedésben, a szerencsétlenségben tapasztaljuk meg igazán Isten szeretetét. Egyedi módon mutat rá arra, hogy a szerencsétlenség által nagyon sok ember részesül Krisztus keresztjében – így pedig Isten szeretetében.

My interest in the topic of suffering has been stimulated essentially by the experiences from the pastoral visits and pastoral encounters in a Transylvanian congregation where I work as a pastor. The interchange with the believers and their hardship lead me to conclude that many homes along the streets there are houses of suffering, many life-stories are stories of suffering. Often the suffering encountered at the heart of the believers’ home is something what makes them to “live as if they will never die and die as if they had never lived”. Nevertheless, accompanying the believers in their search for meaning and comfort I realized that they continue to believe in God despite suffering, impoverishment and oppression. But what I often experience is a struggle with ethical shortcuts in the midst of suffering.

Az izraeliták által lakott területeken folyamatosan jelen vannak a dekoratív és a kultikus ábrázolások, amelyek olyannyira átfogóan jellemzik Izráel hétköznapjait, hogy nem lehet őket csupán elszigetelt csoportok devianciájaként értelmezni. A temérdek istenábrázolás, istenszimbólum, szobor, pecsétlenyomat, amulett újból és újból arra a következtetésre vezeti a kutatókat, hogy a fogság előtt Izráelben jelen volt egy erőteljes, képtisztelettel együtt járó politeista tendencia.

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.

Canaanite Abominations as Presented in the Book of Deuteronomy. A Theological Evaluation. Before entering in the Promised Land the people of Israel were told not to follow the forbidden practices of the polytheistic nations (Deut 18, 9–14), to avoid all kinds of magical and superstitious practices designed to discover the will of gods, or even to compel the gods to action in certain ways. The occult, superstitions, divinisation, sorcery, spiritualism were abominations all to Yahweh and brought about His judgment. Yahweh made His will known through revelation, by the aid of His prophets, whose words would be clearly understandable to the people in contrast with the ambiguous and mysterious spells of those who worked with magic and divinisation. Israel must be blameless in regard to every form of divinisation, magic or spiritism.