Az előadás célja, hogy feltárja, hogyan őrizhetők meg a kereszténység alapvető értékei a tudományos és filozófiai irányzatokkal szemben. A téma releváns a mai világban is, ahol a vallási hagyományok és értékek gyakran kerülnek konfliktusba a modern társadalom elvárásaival.
Bethlen terem
The ever-renewing and changing religious-cultural context of modern people necessarily gives rise to new methods and approaches to give the message of biblical texts a foothold in this context. Navigating this complex theoretical landscape of modern interpretations of biblical texts, which take into account the contextual factors, one is soon confronted with the approach of bibliolog. My work explores the hermeneutical background of the bibliolog through a case study.
The First Letter of Peter points out that Christian communities existing within the larger context of Greco-Roman culture faced a twofold danger: loss of internal cohesion resulting in the disintegration of the group, and the rise of external suspicion on the part of non-Christians that could lead to hostility and active oppression. There were two opposing ways Christians could react to this situation, given their powerlessness to change the structures of external society.
The redactional and tradition-historical evolution of the texts can shed some light on the changing context, and the changing scope of a teaching uttered by Jesus. I chose a parable that caused considerate turbulence among New Testament scholars and still does not have a satisfying solution to its meaning, the Parable of the Unjust Steward in Luke 16,1-13. The original parable, that reflects the first Century A.D.
The recognition of the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2019 has marked an irreconcilable dividing line between Russia and Ukraine in the ecclesiastical sphere too. Yet, this intra-orthodox development has effects that reach far beyond Ukraine and Russia, impacting neighboring countries such as Romania. While Romania expresses its full sympathy for Ukraine in this war of aggression, the Romanian Orthodox Church has not (yet) confirmed its recognition of the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.