Hungarian Church Press, 1958 (10. évfolyam, 1-2. szám)

1958-01-15 / 1-2. szám

HCRP Ir. 16.v-IIc. 1,1358, Yol« X/l—2

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1 ~ Wo have 'also to consider that God is nob content with our* inside peacef that of the soul only,' through, oür Lore! desus Christ, Our Lard does no-:;

•think in the way that we should have peace hi our hearts'meanwhile the world around us might even be ' annihilated in conflagration and blood. He is knowing very well if one has no peace outwardly one cannot have a true and lasting inward peace eitheiv Therefore He makes Hi a angels announce that this is His solemn gift and, holy, will:peace on earths. ' ,

{- Tliis peace cu. earth moans. •/;»<.• , brotherly good relation should issue among the peoples and men.- Cur heavenly Pother does not take pleasure in the wars where Hie children kill each other and destroy the work of each other* a hand* ',71th C&ristmas approaching, all of us fee], to have true feasting and inside peace only in the ease we .become reconciled, to our enemies', ask forgiveness from each other and forgive;to saoh othera '

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« It nap* got to be so in the chiircli, in our chirrch, .It has got-to be so in the cxrolcs of pastors who are serving for cur Qod’p glory, at one altar, in or.-.v church. It l&u got to be so among the church-’s responsible leaders, ’in- 1 specters, elders, too, i-nci. ameng cur brethren’s circle all over. Differences of view, divergences of opinion-; might arise, among us* one m^y be right hero, the other one there,, for what one fakes tne field. After all one who works for the real peace iu the service of our Lord will be but rightr for in Kins also the old prophecy finds the Prince ct peace0 ? 1- Let us prsy to our Saviour that He may open our hearts to receive H-0 $,&%)'.&> aurt give us wisdom ai. faith not to fight against His holy will but to make effnr i for the peal love for -non in .order to melee the best we can of Kis v<o cu.ty gift4 the real peace on the earth of oitrs0

THE .HJTHEKK CBJRTFS tfiACE-SEJ.?, ,:CE

The loadernhio Of the pasters’ co-openlives organized a general \ leolorioal conference in Budvuest ca December the 8th 195V with 280 pastors tailing pun jui it AC«.- cmrii’ySng the basic theological questions cf the church’s service, At the conference Pastor Imre Veörct's, v-he Redactor of the "Lelkipásztor" (Lutheren monthly) delivered a lecture under the title: "The question of peace in the Bible", "Our first great task for the peace is prayer" - ho said among others. Our second great task fór the peace is* orr aching th^^ospel. The third task of ours is peace-snaking; Jesus „ays tin psaoe-wütevs/bj csied. ,/e have to do all the practical steps to maintain peace-. The pastors cf the Ghriot.ian Church should be the messengers of the peace among the divided peoples, ■'

Dr a G-yuld hag/» Thhologicől Professor delivered a lecture entitled: "The question of co-existence it ehe light of the social ethics". He stated that the idea cf a "justifiable war" nowadays cannot be maintained. Today we have but two chances, either a certain iuodra vivanti .mm.', the oeoples and nations.or an apocaliptical decay in the greatest part, of the worldf Dr,. Aű&rás Kek«n, Raster in Budapestv had a lecture entitled; "The question of ovra pastoralis concerning tic v»,are«service and patriotic tasks",

Lajos Wardt. Pastor, in Lma-RocL del ' - ere', hi3 lecture under the title: "The service of. the foreign churches and church’s bodies for the sake of . world-peace," ' \

Huang--Pad--youftg, Chinese Pastor was alec present at the conference