Hungarian Church Press, 1957 (9. évfolyam, 14-15. szám)

1957-12-31 / 15. szám

HCIiP ZU» 31,1957, Vol, IX/15-K - 20 -198

tion of the peace on agenda at every conference of the soniorate and that of the pastca-s_, further on it invites renowned scholars for delivering lectures in order to get informations concerning the matter of the standpoint of the natural sciences and at last it contemplated to organize such a theological conference where the principles based on the Word of the peace service of the church would be gone thouroughly intoc

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Pastors’ Peace Conferences were held in all the Church Districts in December under the guidance of the Districtual Presidium. The members cf the Chinese Delegation visiting Hungary took floor on all the four peace rallies. The Peace-Conferences took a stand on claiming disarmament, the peaceful employment of the atomic energy and particularly backing the Moscow peace-declaration on responsibility brought forth of faith for peace of the peoples. The statements were published one. after another,

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Dr. György Kulin, Director of the Budapest' Urania Observatory delivered a lecture in the presence of pastors and their families on a cultural show of the Reformed Committee of the Hungarian Peaoe Council in November on the scientifical and international artificial moons, further, on the problem of space navigation and the results obtained up to now. Professor Kulin, Monber cf the Hungarian Evangelical Student Federation in those days,could greet several cf his friends among the audience.

SHCRT NEWS OF THE I1FE OF THE REFORMED CHURCH

The editorial entitled: "Fear not: for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy" of the Christmas issue of the "Reformátusok Lapja" was written by D* Albert Bcreczky. He preached the Christmas Gospel in his writing to the man of the day worried by fate, war, death and eternal damnation.

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At Debrecen Theological Academy, on the exit examinations for pastors 6 candidates passed the first Examin cion of them two with honours. 13 delegates registered for the Second Examination,

The Synodaj. Commission on Examinations honoured three of the candidates with money reward for their outstanding dissertation and excellent oral exam. On the ceremony of "exmission" of those passing the First Examination, Senior István Gaal, Deputy Bishop preached the Word and authorized, in the name of the Synodal Commission on Examinations, the now Assistant Ministers to engage in pastoral work. On behalf of the pastors of the Church District, Senior Dr.wál Farkas great ed the young pastors.

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In the past weeks there were organized evangelisations, charity teaparties, evenings with entertainment programme, congregation meeting-days,further or ' ’•ent- and Christmas-evenings, and the New Years Eve to make the encounters itime and familiar among the church-goers. The autumn and winter period oially apt for these occasions in the peasant-congregations.

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