Tóbiás és Kána. Menyegző és házasság két bibliai történet tükrében
Tobias and Cana: Wedding and Marriage in Two Biblical Stories

Summary/Abstract: This article examines 16th century church views on marriage in the context of the biblical narratives of the Wedding at Cana and the Marriage of Tobias and Sarah. Analysis of sermons and versifi ed Bible stories from those times reveal the accentuated themes of these stories that, in turn, reveal the didactic methods and emphasis commonly used.Sermons connected to Christ’s first miracle at Cana (based on John 2:1–12)were traditionally preached on the second Sunday aft er Epiphany. Th is article examines the range of usage, from the 1543 versifi ed German version by Andreas Moldner (16th c.) printed in 1543 in Brassó (Brașov, Kronstadt), to sermons by 16th century Catholic, Calvinist, Lutheran, and Unitarian preachers. This includes the unidentified Carthusian author’s Érdy-codex (16th c.), and sermons by Péter Bornemisza (1535–1584), Miklós Telegdi (1535–1586), György Kulcsár (?–l577), István Beythe (1532–1612), György Enyedi (1555–1597), and, for comparison, Pelbartus of Temesvár (Timișoara) (c. 1435–1504), Péter Pázmány(1570–1637), György Káldi (1573–1634), and Péter Alvinczi (1570–1634).These are compared to the Marriage of Tobias and Sarah which appears, asa textus (Tobit 7,12–14), in but one sermon by György Enyedi, yet exists in three contemporary Hungarian versified Bible stories, by András Dézsi (16th c.), Balázs Székely (16th c.), and János Munkácsi (17th c. – 18th c.).

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