Diakonia - Evangélikus Szemle, 1984
1984 / 2. szám - Summary
95 DIAKONSA Lutheran Review Summary The first item in each of the recent numbers features a longer excerpt from Martin Luther’s works. The present issue contains the famous passage in his scripture study on prayer, meditation, temptation with an explanatory reflection on the present by editor Imre Veöreös. The .going to press of the journal coincided with the opening of the LWiF General Assembly in Budapest. Pastor Károly Hafenscher describes from personal experience at previous LWF Assemblies the effects through which the Assembly can become a source of great blessings. Pastor Pál Rédey gives an account of his interview with Imre Pozsgay, general secretary of the National People’s Front o.n the role of the NPF in local society. The movement unites people of different ideologies in joint action. Special emphasis was laid on the family as an institution its strengthening being the joint responsibility of the state, the social organizations, including the NPF, and the churches. Mihály Czine, literary historian of national renown commemorates the writer Rezső Szalatnai, a faithful Lutheran who as a member of the Hungarian minority in Bratislava, Slovakia and after the war in Hungary represented both in words and in deeds the closely related dual truth of staunch nationalism and understanding between peoples. Professor of theology Sándor Cserháti summarizes in his article the fundamental teaching of the theology of diaconia. Originally this article appeared iin the June 7th issue of Lutheran World Information as part of a series introducing the host church to the LWF Assembly. It expounds the development and the basis of the theological trend hallmarked by the name of Bishop Zoltán Káldy. Publication of the Lutheran Church in Hungary Responsible Editor: Dr. Zoltán Káldy Editor: Imre Veöreös Editorial and Publishing Office: Subscriptions to a bore address Published every six months Annual subscription 110,— Forints It is 400 years this year that the great Hungarian reformer Peter Bornemisza died. Church historian Tibor Schulek, author of the comprehensive basic work published in 1939 has amplified the ever growing Bornemisza literature with two new items: one concerns hymnology, while the other portrays the great faith and spirituality of the fourth woman Bornemisza married after the early death of his three previous wives. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the deportation of the Jews from Hungary the journal presents two reminiscences along with several documents witnessing to the courageous behaviour of two Budapest pastors, especially the braveness with which András Keken saved the persecuted which are but incidents among many other similar actions in those days. Ulla Hauhia, Cultural Attaché at the Finnish Embassy in Budapest in reviewing the career of the now 75 year old Géza Képes highlights the Finnish inspiration as a characteristic feature in .the poet’s life. In the series ‘Contemporary Theologians’ Imre Veöreös presents Paul Althaus, the famous theologian from Erlangen as a creative mediator in two respects. On the one hand he performed the critical incorporation of Luther’s teaching in the theological thinking of our century, and on the other he mediated between the conservative and the ‘modern’ theologies in his life work. The article is followed by several excerpts from Althaus’ works, such as: The Fall, Immaculate Conception, Jesus’ Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven and the Apostle Paul’s and Luther’s teachings on man. Besides the papers reviewed above a Table of Contents may also be found in English and German.
