Bárdossy György szerk.: Credo. Evangélikus Műhely. A Magyarországi Evangélikus Egyház folyóirata. 2 (1996) 3-4. sz.

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Credo Lutheran Workshop Summary Journalofthe Lutheran Church in Hungary Editor: György Bárdossy Chairman ofthe Editorial Board: Róbert Frenkl Postal Address: H-1085 Budapest Üllői út 24. Published twice a year Price: 190 Ft The main theme of the third issue of this periodical is the thousand-year-old Hungárián school. Catholic and Protestant authors give a survey of the history of the past thousand years from the foundation ofthe monastic and episcopal schools to the revival of the church schools happening today. There are different approaches to the same topic; the role of the churches in the history of Hungárián education and culture: Abbot Richard Korzenszky of Tihany follows the history of Pannonhalma Abbey, Gábor Gyapay and Géza Laborczi tackle the problem ofthe re-started Lutheran schools. János Heltay, literary histórián, writes about the Protestant schools of the 16th-17th centuries and György Bárdossy writes about the great school politician ofthe 19th Century, József Eötvös. Two cultural historical studies deal with the importance of church schools. Professor László Kósa examines the role of Protestantism, and Bishop Asztrik Várszegi, Abbot of Pannonhalma, traces the influence of Benedictine spirit on the history of Hungárián culture. On the event of the 450th anniversary of Luther's death Pál Fónyad, a pastor in Austria and a church histórián, familiarizes the reader with Christian, primarily Roman Catholic, and non-Christian evaluations of Luther. He focusses on the Marxist Luther-research from Engels to the 1980's. In part he sees the importance of Luther-research in that it can help the further development of ecumenical connections. In the field of theology this issue contains selections from two outstanding theologians. One of them is the Catholic Hans Küng to whose book „Credo" Imre Veöreös gave Lutheran theological reflections. The other one is Paul Tillich. His translator, István Szabó writes about the importance of the Hungárián publication of his Sistematic Theology. The topicai news of the cultural section conclude the present issue and it is illustrated with the works of four textilé artists whose common exhibition was inspired by the Hungárián national anthem.