Hungarian Church Press, 1958 (10. évfolyam, 1-2. szám)
1958-01-15 / 1-2. szám
HCHP 1.15,-11.1,1958, Vol.X/1-2~ 5 -5 instance belongs to the regeneration of blood. The renewal taken theologically is a claim having its root in the gospel, a spiritual process which does not know any stop, and endures from the very outset for ever; and it trends to heal people in order to remedy the troubles presenting in the church.- The renewal of the church is not harried out by men but by the Holy Ghost just as the Acts of the Apostles is not about "the r.postles* activity" but of the work of the Holy Ghost through the apostles.- Having said all that, I think, it is necessary to mention for the sake of justice and partly as historical data either that the renewal, so much talked of lately, has not started under the influe nse of the Meeting cf the Central Committee of the ’world Council of Churches held in Galyatető'still less as «»sequence of political events. * It was even the Meeting of the Central Committee in Galyatető that kept back the endeavour for renewal begun earlier, in spring of 1956. The renewal in the church is not consequence of political influence. I admit, however, that all what had happened in the church in the last spring (1956; was in close inherence with the outside events just as well those had happened earlier. Therefore we are going to look for all what was good to retain and to develop and those considered bad to avoid - and just for the sake of fulfilling the mission of our church undisturbedly - to get rid of them. We have to be grateful for the good in past and do repentance for the bai. That is the only Christian attitude, not having that, no one is able to accomplish the work of God*s kingdom.- On the last summer talks preparing the pastors* postgraduate training course and the lectures delivered on the preparatory conference held an Juno the 22nd, further on the contributions uttered on the courses had made obvious that the responsible watchmen at the church and pasters and elders standing formally aside fron managing the affairs were pointing out that the renewal of the church life was going to be done partly an administrative line, partly' oh the territory of theology (homiletics, catechetios, missions, confirmation and problems of evangelization; and partly on financial line. A lot at /Astors hac. tried to sway the public abroad in favour of a certain direction >y their anonymous and pseudonymous letters or even signed properly. We know very well where it led to. Last summer (1956) there was a so-called confessors* movement which urged to repair the injuries and spread its own concepts and- confession in the church and abroad,especially among the members of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. It was published namelessly. That time we did not know who was the author. We could read in the paper entitled "Reformáció" and issued on October the 31st, that "here (i.e, in the Budapest Theological Academy) was bom the confession which travelled abroad and was diffused in wide circle in our motherland either." Beside those other writings passed through many hands ‘no one had reached me directly, I could only get hold on some ones through friends. One of them published on August the 20th 1956 and was signed by "Dunántúli Lelkészek" (Transdanubian Pasters), It is a letter which was confessing and claiming repentance urging the mutual fargivness, detesting careerist, asking for talks with leaders of charism and claiming for suspending the Missionary Statutes. It reputes inportant to repair the mistakes everywhere through serious theological thorough grounding and without any animosity, it warns against slanderous gossips, takes an oath on the unity of the Reformed Church and on serving her. f - ^ Then/the bishop enumerated all the evaits since the Meeting cf the Central Conmittee in Galyatető till the illness of Bishop Albert Berecz^, Ministerial President of the Convent and Synod - which made him take in hands the management of the affairs of the General Convent on August the 27th.
