Diakonia - Evangélikus Szemle, 1988
1988 / 2. szám - Summary, Aus dem Inhalt
95 DIAKONIA Lutheran Review Summary The sermon by the prominent 20th century preacher Walter Liithi on John 20:19—23 is recommended for meditation. This, his fourth and last sermon we are publishing, requires that the reader transplants it into our own circumstances because at the time it was delivered in 1940 Switzerland was also threatened by the war. It proves the freshness of the basic message of the eternal word of God at all times. The sermon is also remembered in church history as an example of the true proclamation of the gospel in Europe in the early 1940s. (W. Lüthi; Johannes. Basel 1942.) The 84-year-old pastor Tibor Schulek recalls the beginnings of the Lutheran revival in Hungary which was closely connected with the work of the World’s Student Christian Federation, more precisely with John M. Mott’s visits to Hungary. Stimulated by John Mott, the local student movement produced a number of striking Reformed spiritual leaders, significant Lutheran preachers and lay witnesses. The highlights of the youth organization were the great summer conferences for university students at Tahi and the winter conferences in Budapest. In the summer-time there were also Lutheran conferences at Tahi for secondary school students. As secretary of the Lutheran Department Tibor Schulek stirred many student souls in the Lutheran schools throughout the country. His recollections cover the reverberations of the revival in the church through various individuals and groups up to the mid 1930s. The journal looks serially at the literary life of the Hungarian minorities beyond our borders. In the current issue university professor and literary historian Mihály Czine reviews the Hungarian literature in Yugoslavia from the 1920s to this day. From the Publication of the Lutheran Church in Hungary Responsible editor: Dr. Béla Harmati Editor: Imre Veöreös Editorial and Publishing Office: H—1088 Budapest, Puskin u. 12. Subscriptions to above address. Published every six months. Annual subscription: 130,— Forints. initial slow awakening he traces in detail the progress marked by the names of writers and journals which led to accepting independent national and spiritual life, to acknowledging the reciprocal influence of the peoples living in the region, and to loyalty to the home land, to the traditions, and to the mother tongue. The journal approaches Orthodox Christianity from several angles Hungarian Orthodox priest Tibor Imrényi explains the meaning and the significance of the icon cult in Orthodox spirituality. By sanctifying the icon a contact of grace is established between the picture and its original. Orthodox Christianity looks upon man as the icon of God and Christ. The church itself is also an icon, the icon of the Holy Trinity. — From N. V. Gogol’s booklet published in 1857 under the title ,Meditations on the Divine Liturgy’ we are presenting the closing passage translated by Richard Korzenszky, principal of the Benedictine grammar school at Pannonhalma. — Valerij Lepahin, tutor at Szeged university reviews N. A. Bergya- jev’s teaching about the three kinds of freedom. This article serves as introduction to the following item which contains the chapter on freedom in Bergyajev’s book entitled .Dostoievsky’s World Concept’. Editor Imre Veöreös starts a three- part series on the wealth of colour in the New Testament. In the present issue he highlights early Christian witnessing in the various New Testament scripts. Embedded in this testimony he points out the main outlines of Jesus’ sermons. Besides the papers reviewed above also a Table of Contents each is included in the English and German languages.
