A liberális teológia kritikája. A Debreceni Hitvallás (1875) és az új ortodoxia krisztológiája a Heidelbergi Káté és a II. Helvét Hitvallás tükrében

Abstract

Abstract. A Critique of Liberal Theology. The Christology of the Confession of Debrecen (1875) in the Light of Heidelberg Catechism and the II. Helvetic Confession. The study aims to compare some of the Christological statements of Hungarian liberal theology and the Confession of the New Orthodoxy of Debrecen (1875). First, it explores the context where the debate took place. At the same time, it is ex-plained briefly how genuine Hungarian theology was being shaped and articulated. Then, some selected Christological texts of the Confession will be analysed in the light of Heidelberg Catechism and the II. Helvetic Confession so as to point out how far liberal, modern theology has gone with its earnest yet radically different in-terpretation of the basic tenets of the creed. As a conclusion, it will be underlined how close the confessions – regardless of space and time – stood to each other in their endeavour to combat ‘heresy’, non-orthodoxy emerging either in the early church or in modern times. Keywords: Confession of Debrecen, Christology, Heidelberg Catechism and the II. Helvetic Confession, Hungarian liberal theology