Diakonia - Evangélikus Szemle, 1980
1980 / 2. szám - Summary
95 Diakonia Lutheran Review Summary Literary historian and university professor Mihály Czine explains why Transylvanian Lutheran poet Sándor Reményik (1890—1941) was considered the most expressive poetical representative of Transylvanism, and why almost everything beautiful and noble created in Hungarian lyric poetry in Romania between the two World Wars was linked with his name. Bishop Zoltán Káldy’s referendum given at the Lutheran World Federation Headquarters in Geneva on 13 March 1980 under the title ’Service of Bridges’ is published in some detail. Especially at the time of growing international tensions the churches and their world federations must act as bridges between East and West. Church historian Jenő Sólyom (fl976) discovered a Latin poem by György Albani Csirke that was published in Wittenberg in commemoration of Mel- anchthon at the time of his death. In fulfilment of the deceased Lutheran professor of theology’s wish, literary historian Agnes Ritoók-Szalay outlines in her essay the Hungarian Melanch- thon pupil’s biography. On returning home after studying some years first in Vienna, then in Wittenberg, he became a diplomat, but soon died on one of his missions in Constantinople. He was one of the many secular scholars to receive academic training at Wittenberg University. In his essay ’Divine Game of Chess’ biologist Kristóf Halász reviews the microscopic processes involved in biological inheritance from the angle whether a person’s inborn characteristics are merely a trick of blind fate and whether these determine the individual’s fate. In the light of his faith he believes that each one of our good and bad qualities is inherited to be utilized with individual responsibility according to the decision we make. Endre Bálint is one of the most original and impressive personalities of the older Hungarian painter generation. Publication of the Lutheran Church in Hungary Responsible editor: dr. Zoltán Káldy Editor: Imre Veöreös Editorial and Publishing Office: H—1088 Budapest, Puskin u. 12. Subscriptions to above address. Published every six months. Annual subscription 100,— Forints. His art is firmly embedded in the abstract, surrealistic trend of the Szentendre school, refined today into a significant Hungarian painting tradition. His individual form of expression — a nostalgic visionary style suggestive of lyric mood — was developed in Paris between 1957 and 1962. The essay by art historian Judit Szabadi — who has written several books on Endre Bálint — contains a brief review of his entire career along with a profound analysis of the pictures he painted during the Paris period. H. D. Altendorf, Professor of Church History in Zurich, presents Paul Tillich’s not entirely simple figure from personal recollection. He defines him as a theologian whose thinking moves on the limit of existence. As Lutheran theologian active in both German and Anglo-Saxon environments, he tried to reformulate the dogmatic traditions so as to enable a live interpretation that concerns modern man. The method of correlation is highlighted as Tillich’s speciality. The essay is followed by a sermon (’The Depth of Existence’) that Tillich addressed to his students in New Yarik in the mid forties. While collecting material for exhibition at the National Museum of the Lutheran Church in Hungary, opened in 1979, some magnificent Gothic chalices from the Pre-Reformation period, mostly from the 15th century, were found in various Lutheran congregations. These are described in an essay by archeologist H. Judit Kolba. Literary historian Lajos Szopori Nagy describes Bertalan Korompay’s reconstruction theory according to which with the New Kalevala Lönnrot intended to recreate a unified and once existing naive epic poem. Korompay formulated his theory at an early age, in 1935, thereafter he improved it in scientific discussions over several decades. His theory was recently praised as noteworthy by V. Kaukonen. See the table of contents too.
