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Credo Lutheran Workshop Summary Journal ofthe Lutheran Church in Hungary Editor: György Bárdossy Chairman of the Editorial Board: Róbert Frenkl Postal Address: H-1085 Budapest Üllői út 24. Published twice a year Price: 250 Ft Credo takes farewell of one of its outstanding authers, Rudolf Andorka, who, shortly before his death had sent his work entitled The Theory of Equitableness. He had carried on with his tasks tili the last moment not submitting to the fatal disease. We quo te the partaking words of Ferenc Glatz, Chairman ofthe Hungárián Academy of Sciences; Róbert Frenkl, Charman of the Editorial Board and Imre Veöreös, who remembers the friend and the co-worker. We also quote parts of Andorka's studies written to Credo and Diakonia. In the previous number we recalled Melanchthon's activity with two articles. In the present issue we recall the humahist Reformer, born 500 years ago, with the work of Professor István Borzsák and the study of Mihály Imre on Melanchthon's rhetoric. Mihály Praznovszky literature histórián, Director of the Petőfi Museum of Literature, writes about the Lutheran schools, erudite teachers and family traditions of the great writer Kálmán Mikszáth, who was born 150 years ago. On the occasion of two more anniversaries we publish a letter to Károly Hafenscher dated from 1949 whose author, Kálmán Újszászy was born 100 years ago like Béla Hamvas, who is mentioned in the letter. Accounts are given of Conferences on current issues concerning our church by Máté Joób (Hongkong) and Mónika Solymár (Graz). Tamás Béres writes about Luther and Erasmus's debate in connexion with Luther's De servo arbitrio. Miklós Tomka studies the possible ways of modern religiousness by means of sociology. István Jánosy, the poet, leads us into his own Workshop. In the place of the Lutheran Workshop section this time there is a non-Lutheran Workshop talk where Tamás Fabiny introduces Géza Vermes, researcher ofthe Dead Sea scrolls, and Jesus in his Jewish context. In the cultural section besides the reviews of several newly published books special attention is to be paid to the article of István György Tóth about the book of Rudolf Andorka.