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Péter leveleinek etikai aspektusai
Ethical aspects of 1-2 Peter

Author(s): Éva Éles
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület
Keywords: 1-2 Peter; ethical intelligence; imitatio Christi; eschatology;

Summary/Abstract: This article engages in an ethical analysis of 1-2 Peter. In these epistles the Christians of Asia Minor receive relevant and actualized ethical message. The ethical teaching of the Petrine letters is not presented in a distilled manner, because what is at stake here is not simply an ethical exigency but the very nature of the relationship between God and humans, God and the believer. In the case of 1Pt, the focus is on submissiveness and doing good especially in times of suffering, experiencing the power of the (epistemological) turn: from intuition to imitatio Christi. As for 2Pt, we find this Relationship embedded in the tension between effort and participation.

  • Issue Year: 144/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 247-266
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Hungarian