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Viktor E. Frankl orvosprofesszor, pszichológus és filozófus a harmadik bécsi pszichoterápiás irányzat, az egzisztencia-analízis és a logoterápia megalapítója.

A svájci lelkészprofesszor, Eduard Thurneysen a 20. századi lelkigondozás egyik legjelentősebb atyja és iránymutatója, kerügmatikus1 lelkigondozás szószólója és aktív művelője volt. Lelkigondozói felfogásának alapja a barthi dialektika-teológia volt, amely szerint minden szenvedés, baj, betegség, megtorpanás vagy más válság a bűn következménye, s ennélfogva az ember csak az őszinte bűnbánat és a bűnbocsánat által nyerhet gyógyulást, illetve állhat helyre élete. Lelkigondozói látásmódját a dialektika-teológia jellemző két vonása is meghatározta: a diasztázis, vagyis az Isten és ember közötti áthidalhatatlan szakadék hangsúlyozása és e szakadékot áthidaló kegyelem diadalának hirdetése.

The Impossibility of a Second Repentance in the Epistle to the Hebrews. We have argued in this assignment for an interpretation of the impossibility of a second repentance, which is neither entirely psychological, nor is to be understood and complemented by inferences from Greco-Roman patronage, but it is an inherent impossibility, having in its background a theological argument: so splendid is the revelation of God in Jesus Christ, that turning away from it in apostasy is a way that excludes any chance for a second repentance.

The purpose of the Epistle to the Hebrews. In this essay we argue that the particular purpose of Hebrews is obscure for the modern reader. It is clear, that it was addressed to a particular community that needed to be warned not to apostatize, not to turn away from Christianity. But no dogmatic conclusion can be reached on a more precise identification of the danger could consist in. The drift of the argument on the levitical cultus, the exhortations and argumentations from the exposition of so many Old Testament passages would possibly give weight to the theory that the danger was that of relapsing into Judaism, a theory held by numerous scholars. However, this is an inference, though reasonable. But each further step in order to identify the exact form of the apostasy to Judaism will be conjectural. What we can tell from the thoughts expressed in the epistle is that the author wants to reassure his recipients in their faith, to inspire them by pointing to the HighPriest Christ, and to reinstate them in the characteristic Christian features of their faith, warning them of the immeasurable loss in case they would give up their belief in Christ.