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Wormsi Eleázár a hászide Askenáz néven ismert középkori európai zsidó pietisztikus és misztikus mozgalom és kör három kiemelkedő alakjának egyike. Három halákhikus művet írt, prédikációt Peszachra, számos kommentárt a Tórához, Prófétákhoz és Írásokhoz, az imakönyvhöz, a Peszách ünnepi haggádához valamint számos és sokféle misztikus teológiai művet. A tanulmány azokat a halakhikus szokásokat igyekszik bemutatni, amelyeknek a szerző ifjúkorában szemtanuja volt.

A konfirmációval kapcsolatos református egyházi tanításhoz viszonyítva a köztudatban élő nézetek gyakorta deviánsnak tekinthetők, a szent és profán elemek valamifajta keveredése mindenképp megfigyelhető. A kortárs református teológiai kutatás adósa a közegyháznak a konfirmációval kapcsolatos szent és profán elemekre vonatkozó irányadó, vagy legalább gondolatébresztő értékeléssel. A téma időszerű vonatkozásainak vizsgálatánál fontos módszertani követelmény, hogy az elméleti megközelítés gyakorlati helyzetfelméréshez kapcsolódjon. Az utóbbi kérdőívek által történt Kolozsvár, és a városokhoz viszonyítva hagyományőrző Kalotaszeg 36 egyházközségében. Az alábbi tanulmány nem kínál tökéletes irányba vezető konfirmációreformot, inkább tényfeltáró és vitaindító jellegű.

Európa szenved, a 20. század vészterhes örökségét még nem sikerült feldolgoznia. Gyógyulatlan sebek, tabuk, előítéletek, egymásra sütött bélyegek maradtak a háborúk, rendszerváltások nyomán. Az egyének sorsa is hasonló, ráadásul a közösségek, a biztonságadó kötelékek fellazultak, és a sodródásban halmozódnak a összeütközések. A dolgok orvoslásáról addig álmodni sem lehet, ameddig mentalitásváltás nem történik, és ha az egymáshoz történő odafordulás be is következik, szükséges eltanulni a párbeszéd alapszabályait. Mit is jelent a dialógus?

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.

The Life-work Which Reveals the Delusion of Christianity, the Kierkegaardian Criticism of the Church and Christianity. Entropy is a main characteristic of the human world; consequently the Church also has a similar tendency. Criticism is in symbiosis with Christian life. One of the most important critical analysis of Christianity is made by Kierkegaard. To understand his life-work from the point of view of criticism, we have to deal with three important aspects: a) The religious influence in his childhood. His family comes from the Moravian tradition; he had the opportunity to examine the dark side of this tradition as wel. b) His relationship to other personalities belonging to the golden age of Denmark. This period is characterized by the intensive reception of Hegel. Kierkegaard could not agree with the Danish Hegelians, because his consequent subjectivity was in permanent polemics with the objectivity of speculative theology. c) The methodology of Kierkegaard – interpretation. The Danish thinker used two types of communication, the direct and the indirect one. The indirect communication is characteristic for his poetical, aesthetical works. This type of communication has a maieutical character, in this manner the writer helps the reader find the truth, but he never gives formulated definitions. An other characteristic of his works are the use of pseudonym for the name of writers’. Kierkegaard protests against the quoting of this works under his own name, because he personally does not agree whit the opinion of the authors. Kierkegaard’s writings at the beginning include aspects of criticism, but in the last period he mostly attacks Christianity. In 1850 was published his Training in Christianity. In this book we can find the main points of his criticism, but after bishop Mynster’s death in 1854 his criticism becomes the sharpest. The targets of his criticism are: the erroneous Church – concept and the problem of sate Church; the cheap grace; the different sins of clergies; the insufficiency of knowledge for true Christian faith, and the discrepancy between Christian teaching and personal life of religious teachers.