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The idea of moving the theological education from Nagyenyed/Aiud to Kolozsvár/Cluj was born in the middle of the 19th century. Domokos Szász, former reformed priest from Kolozsvár/Cluj, and from 1885 bishop of the Transylvanian Reformed Church, was the most prominent supporter of founding the new centre of theological training in Kolozsvár/Cluj. After long debates and preparations, the construction of the new theological institute was completed in 1895. The current study presents the press debates around this event, offering an insight into press articles published in Kolozsvár/Cluj, concentrating mainly on the Erdélyi Híradó (Transylvanian News) a newspaper supporting the party opposing the moving of the theological training to Kolozsvár/Cluj. These articles throw light on the diverging positions regarding this event.

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.

Die Schöpfung der Welt. Die Schöpfungserzählung der Bibel war und ist auch heute ein Diskutionsthema, nicht nur für die Theologie, sondern auch für die Realwissenschaften. Kann man die zwei Forschungsresultate miteinander in Harmonie bringen? Oder soll man sie ganz voneinander trennen und sagen, dass die Bibel eine Frage des Glaubens ist und mit der wissenschaftlichen Forschung und deren Theorien nichts zu tun hat? Diese Publikation versucht die verschiedenen Interpretationen des Textes darzustellen und gleichzeitig zeigt sie auch eine andere Art den biblischen Text zu lesen. Das ist die literarische Interpretation des Textes. In dieser Interpretationsart bekommt der biblische Text eine neue Dimension, der nach der biblische Text nicht nur eine einfache Glaubensfrage, sondern ein solches literarisches Werk ist, in dem der Verfasser theologisch den ganzen Werdegang dieser Welt beschreibt. So ist die biblische Schöpfungsgeschichte ein literarischer und theologischer Text, in dem der Verfasser in der wissenschaftlichen Sprache seiner Zei über ein Phänomen spricht, das auch ein Forschungsthema für die heutigen Realwissenschaften ist.