Hungarian Church Press, 1968 (20. évfolyam, 2. szám)
1968-06-01 / 2. szám
- 97 (07801) HOP Vol XXJápncialJ^umber 1968 No 2 • o) The Power of Work to Create Fellowship Work is the fie Id in which we have the he st opportunity to cultivate solidarity with our fellowmen anl exercise our love to our neighbours# The commands of God: "Replenish the earth and subdue it" (Genesis li 28) gives man the privilege to be a co-worker of God, that we may cooperate with God in transforming and renewing the world. By observation and research man is progressively unravelling the mysteries of nature. At the same time, he also recognizes with a growing clarity the laws of human society. This eat ails man's obligation indefatigably to strive for an ever deepening knowledge of God, his oreation, and of the social life oilman* Therefore,the Christian affirms the progress of science and the efforts made to further the progress of mankind. It is the will of God that work is the only means to subjugate the farces of nature and press them into the service of man's welfare and progress* So close is the connection between work and welfare. God makes use of man's reason and man's hands to carry on his work of providence. It is in this way that we Christians partake erf the great, comprehensive fellowship of man's struggle for improving the conditions of human life, of the fellowship of work, of the fellowship of the effert to further progress. The work of subjugating nature and pressing it into the service at man is unthinkable ithout the cooperation and mutual help of men, exchanging their experiences and offering their values for the attainment of common ends. The history cf the world shows the immense accomplishments resulting from the united action cf men pursuing some common objective, * Economic life is also a field in which human solidarity is to show its effectiveness. ( The Christian's life is inseparably woven together with the life and work of his social and economic environment• Neither the Christian, nor the Christian Church, nor Christian theology of ministry can evade the obligation to grapple with the great problems of hunon society. The social organisation of productive work, the well-ordered, harmonious team-work aiming at the good of the individuals as well as that of the .community do not conflict with the requirements cf faith and reason but are rather apt to furnish man with the opportunity to fulfill his vocation received from God. The combined power cf many is always greater than that of an individual* Hence the Christian is to affirm, with Christian responsibility and good conscience, all the joint actions of men which take place in the interests of good causes. Such an integration releases vast energies and realizes
