"Będziecie moimi świadkami po krańce ziemi" (Dz 1,8). Łukaszowa wizja świadectwa z perspektywy Dziejów Apostolskich

Author(s): Krzysztof Mielcarek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 28/2015

Because of the richness of Lukan theology regarding witness, the author was unable to cover all of its aspects. Thus the study touches only upon its major threads. Besides the obvious issues of the apostles role as witnesses, the content of their witnessing, and its recipients – the study presents some other personalities involved in transmitting the Good News of God’s salvation to humanity. Indeed, the greatest stress is placed on the testimony of God himself. Despite being a constant Mystery for humankind, He never ceases being involved in their history and witnessing to his salvific plans. Although there are only a few texts within Acts that connect the persons of the Trinity to witnessing, one should consider them as fundamental to a full Lukan theology of witness.

"Fate attenzione come ascoltate" (Mc 4,24). Insegnamento sulla preghiera della Lectio divina

Author(s): Gabriel Pisarek / Language(s): English,Italian / Issue: 2/2013

The prayer with the use of the word of God, Lectio divina, is one of the best methods to enter into the dialog with God. It has it roots in the deep Christian tradition and it keeps to be relevant even today. Over the years it assumed its classical division to: lectio, meditatio, oratio and contemplatio. From time immemorial the Church encourages people to practice this form of prayer. It was also fostered by the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, by the teaching after the Council, as well as by the popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. These encouragements bear the fruits in the life of numerous Christian communities and in the life of many people, because it seems be a form of prayer suitable for both: individual people and communities. This form of prayer finds also its place in many theological publications especially those concerning Christian spirituality. The best example for everyone wanting to practice Lectio divina was given by Mary, because it cannot be treated only as a method of prayer. It is something more; it is a style of life that forms the relationship with God and with other people as well. The life of Mary is distinguished exactly by this style.

"Księgi historyczne Starego Testamentu", cz. 1, "Dziejopisarstwo izraelskie : Księgi : Jozuego, Sędziów, Samuela, Królów", T. Brzegowy, J. Łach, S. Wypych, [w:] "Wprowadzenie w myśl i wezwanie Ksiąg Biblijnych", t. 2, red. J. Frankowski, S. Wypych.

Author(s): Józef Blazej Lach / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 13/2006

"Stary Testament o swoich największych postaciach", Józef Łach, Rzeszów 2002.

Author(s): Piotr Mierzwa / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 13/2006

"Teologia Starego Testamentu", Hugolin Langkammer, Rzeszów 2006.

Author(s): Józef Blazej Lach / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 13/2006

"Wychowawcze posłannictwo Słowa : zarys i wybrane zagadnienia (Dz-Ap)", Józef Łach, Rzeszów 2004.

Author(s): Piotr Mierzwa / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 13/2006

"Życie człowieka w świetle Biblii : antropologia biblijna Starego i Nowego Testamentu", Hugolin Langkammer, Rzeszów 2004.

Author(s): Józef Blazej Lach / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 13/2006

1819 YILINDA ASTRAHAN’DA BASILAN MUSA’NIN İLK KİTABI “YARATILIŞ” ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Author(s): Döne ARSLAN / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 40/2018

Kypchak Turkish was used in two different geographical regions. On one hand, It became the language of the Kypchak who lived in today’s Russia, Ukraine and Caucasian which had been in Golden Horde between 13th – 15th centuries, it was used to write Codex Cumanicus by the Italian and the German, on the other hand again in this area it created a written language developed with Armenian letters in long centuries, and also it continued as not only spoken language but also written language in Egypt and Syria and as the literary language of Muslim Memluk Kypchak from the middle of 13th century to the beginning of 16th language. There are some phonetic and stylistic differences among the languages of these three different societies. It is predicted that that the work was translated by Charles Fraser who had started to work as the assistant of H. Brunton in Karas in 1803. H. Burton who translated many religious books into Turkish and Tatar and his follower Charles Fraser adopted the natives writing tradition. Fraser based the Ottoman translation of Ali Bey by learning Karai language, Astrahan and Orenburg Kypcak and he produced the Creation work in other words “The First Book of Moses”.

7. Walne Zebranie Stowarzyszenia Biblistów Polskich i 48. Sympozjum Biblistów Polskich (Tarnów, 7–9 września 2010)

Author(s): Stanislaw Wronka / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2011

Tegoroczne spotkanie biblistów polskich miało miejsce w gmachu Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego w Tarnowie, dokąd powrócili po 25 latach. W spotkaniu uczestniczyło prawie 150 osób, głównie członkowie Stowarzyszenia Biblistów Polskich, ale także paręnaście osób nienależących do niego.

A békéltetés szolgálata (2Kor 5,18—20) A közösség alapproblémája

Author(s): Pál Geréb / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2017

Why are humans unable to live in communion? And if so, why cannot they live without communion? How does God lead one back to a communion with himself and other humans? This magisterial study prepared in 1947, after the Second World War, looks for answers to these questions from a biblical perspective and attempts to answer the problem of Christian community along the following lines: 1. God created humans in a way that the essence of humanity is a communion of love with God and his neighbours. 2. The Bible points to the destructive role of sin, which is characterised as self-willingly ripping humans from the Father and the community of brothers and sisters. 3. From this dark background, the redemption of Christ shines forth, the justification by faith and through grace, which creates a real community, namely the church. This study emphasises the relationship between individualism and collectivism, the development of self-consciousness, the worth of science and philosophy as well as the role of state. The study highlights the inspiration of the influential masters of its time, most notably Emil Brunner.

A Biblical Answer to Family Problems

Author(s): Paul-Cezar Hârlaoanu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

The contemporary family faces many challenges. Divorce is one of the most serious problems in our society. It is caused by different stresses with which the family must deal. The “Song of Songs” offers hope in resolving such stresses. It proposes a different way of life as opposed to the trials of modern marriage: love, sacrifice and enduring passion.

A császári adó. Bibliamagyarázat

Author(s): Béla Botond Jakabházi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2016

A halál mint álom és alvás Nazianzi Gergely epigrammáiban

Author(s): István M. Ledán / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 3/2016

In his epigrams, Gregory o f Nazianzus time and again speaks about the dead ones as sleepers. In this paper we examine the Greco-Roman and biblical background o f this well-known‘sleeping o f death’-theme, and we conclude that the sleeping o f death in Gregory’s usage is nothing more than an eschatologically neutral literary platitude.

A Heidelbergi Káté Szentírás-használata, különös tekintettel az úrvacsoráról szóló tanításra

Author(s): Gábor Vladár / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2014

A HÚSVÉT HOMILETIKUMA

Author(s): Károly Fekete / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2019

The death of Jesus was the sacrifice of the obedient and loving Son until death. Good Friday and Easter are inseparable. The cross and the resurrection together make Jesus the Christ and the Saviour. The sacrifice of the cross is linked to the open tomb of our Lord. And this interconnection can invite us to rejoice. If I understand the significance of Easter, I can also believe in its reality. The resurrection must not only be taught, but also believed. Otherwise, my creed of the resurrection is sacrificium intellectus (the victim of reason), an empty, arbitrary, and contradictory statement.The triple benefit of the resurrection of Christ is referred to in the 45th question–answer of the Heidelberg Catechism as the three time planes: the past, the present, and the future showing the threefold consolation of the resurrection. The first time plane recalls the memorable past, the first Easter, when the Prince of Life came out of the tomb of Joseph Arimathia. The second time plane points to the present. Christ has overcome the power of death to learn to walk in new life right now. Everything that must happen to us must be under the power of the living Jesus Christ. The third time plane is the Future: Christ overcame the power of death, so there will be a resurrection for us. God brought life to triumph with the resurrection of Christ. His resurrection is the keystone of the glorious resurrection that will come upon Christ`s return.The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a guarantee of the renewal of the whole created world. The relationship between the present world and the “new heavens and new earth” (2 Peter 3,13) is characterized by continuity and discontinuity at the same time: we are waiting for the ultimate salvation that we have already “tasted” and which will be quite different from what we can think or imagine.

A jeśli śmierci nie ma…

Author(s): Stefan Czyzewski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3 (24)/2017

The text undertakes the subject of death in the perspective of cultural studies, at the same time preserving the chronology of the intellectual reflection on these issues. The main thesis is presenting changes in the approach to the category of death in the history of the Mediterranean culture. Practically, the category of death has been perceived in two aspects: culturally (religiously) and „scientifically”. What is more, in biblical times the „scientific” aspect was not present, whereas the religious one dominated. In the course of time and development of science the proportions between these two aspects become reversed. The changes are directed towards the secularization and the scientific bias of the image of the world, which in the civilization of the West in the 20th century have reached the apparently extreme dimension. At the same time, these changes as a whole have not brought about the „taming” of death by man and the conclusion must be drawn that some sort of respect of its power will always accompany people.

A Jn 8,1–11 eredeti mondanivalójának nyomában. Ne ítéljetek látszat szerint, hanem hozzatok igazságos ítéletet (Jn 7,24)

Author(s): Béla Eros Joó / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 3/2018

Jesus refers to the Law when the Scribes and Pharisees accuse a woman of adultery: “the hands of the witnesses shall be the first raised against the person to execute the death penalty” (Deut 17,7). According to Károly Balázs, the word avnama,rthtoj ‘without sin’ used in the Gospel is etymologically related to ma,rturoj ‘witness’. If he is right, this might shed a new light on our interpretation of this pericope, as well as our view of sin in general. On the other hand, if there is no such relationship, the reference to the law raises the possibility of false witnessing. None of the accusers dared to raise his hand against the accused woman.

A KATAKOMBAFESTMÉNYEK MINT „VIZUÁLIS PRÉDIKÁCIÓK” ÉRTELMEZÉSE

Author(s): Olga Lukács / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2019

Several viewpoints took shape about the pictures and icons during the history of Christianity. The image representations have been subject to debate not only among religions but among the various Christian approaches, too. This debate flamed up quite strongly in different times in history.The study aims to determine the extent to which the icons and representations are rooted in Christian tradition. The study points out that early Christian art did not appear and develop in a void. It was the outward manifestation of a new spirituality as well as the result of a development process that occurred when the local cultures of the ancient world got in contact with each other.It is essential to point out that in icon painting as well as in the paintings in the catacombs the message of the icons was also perfectly grasped by those who did not study painting or were not very skillful painters, but still observed the iconographic traditions while those who the painting were addressed to accepted them. One can assess Early Christian art by the very few frescos remaining in the catacombs in Rome.They used pagan symbols as well as some themes of Greek and Roman mythology in order to convey the teachings of the church. They also used the ancient forms of art, loading them with a new content subsequently altering the respective forms as well. The art of the catacombs was actually dogmatic art since the theme depicted on the frescos mostly followed the texts of the scripture. Furthermore, the symbolic language had a paramount importance. The works of art created in the first centuries can also be considered as “visual sermons” that helped them explain God verbally and drive them to God.

A keresztyén gyülekezet mint Isten népe. Az egyházról szóló tanítás Péter első levelében

Author(s): Zsolt Geréb / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2016

A keresztyének társadalmi felelőssége az 1Pt 2,11–17 alapján

Author(s): Zsolt Geréb / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2015

This article is a study on Peter's so-called household codes (Haustafeln), summarising the ethical values of Christians. These admonitions can only be understood properly when the literary context is taken into account.