Hungarian Church Press, 1968 (20. évfolyam, 2. szám)

1968-06-01 / 2. szám

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(07795)

HOP Vol XX Spoola-Llítrober 1968 No 2

Prom this action .affectbig our whole society, the sendee of the church cannot he left out« The church may male tor contribution by her own peculiar means« The first of these is preaching, The church must teach the congregation the pattern of wedded and family life well-pleasing to God in which "children are an heritage of the Lord» and the fruit of the womb is his reward”* Wé roust give instruction in the Biblical fpirit about family planning* We must speak unequivocally about abortion which, in all circumstances, is sin, even when resorted to in the case of extreme need,for it means killing life and thus acting against the will of Gcd who creates and protects life« - In the course of pastoral counselling the Church should convey the truth of God3s holy Word to those in need and having serious problems, calling attention to the fac t .that the permission of the law Í3 not a command and it is not ons*s duty to jc-vail oneself of this permis siona Far a Christian who tries to live in the f'ght of God, there are other solutions*

The third way of giving her contribution is for the,church to present the "Word of life" embodied in the example cf Christians 'so that the witness of their lives may convey healing powers into the world of those living outside the church* Also in these matters., we.arc to act try the injunction cf our Lords "Let your light so sliino before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven"*

C/ ’ The Conflict between the Generations

a) A General Portrait of the Situation

There have always been i^a.-dons end conflicts between fathers and sens- Yet the struggle of the generations, as a specific phenomenon and factor of history, began after the dissolution cf the feudal society of the Middle Ages, with the rise-of the bourgeoisie and the ccncamitont ideology of individualism« The individual. In his consciousness, with the realization of his position, his peculiar problem, rises ^above the masses« The ege of romanticism and the great bourgeois revolutions liquidated the ideology and order of the farmer generations, while generating, in súccess:x>n, enthusiasm for the new things, which, in turn, was followed by disenchantment* The turn of cur century wag narked, on the whole, by acquiesnnoe, yet also by a certain restlessness under the surface* After the two world oonflagrations, the sons, having been seriously disappointed hy their fathers, have produced tto exist ait ialxstio and nihilistia tlilnking end, at the same tirae the search for what is radically new0

The youth of the West in the sixties is characterised by the beatniks who, by their peculiar ways and manners want to express their corap let c break with the age cf their parents» In the North, it is "sex" that captures the interests of young people* Briefly, the "lost generation" is feverishly seeking and trying to prove that it is not a lost generation* There are three