Hungarian Church Press, 1950 (2. évfolyam, 4-13. szám)
1950-07-15 / 12-13. szám
MESSAGE OP THE HUNGARIAN ECUMENIC COMMITTEE TO THE WORLD COUNCIL OP CKURcHES The Hungarian Ecumenic Committee sent the following message to the World Council of Churches in Geneva: »'Dear Brethren, We have "been glad to read the resolutions in the cause ef the peace of the Central Committee and the Committee of I temational Affairs of the W'prld Council of Churches. The latter Committee has summoned the Eoumenical Committees of the several countries to discuss the matter of ohecking and restricting the armaments. The Hungarian Ecumenic Committee is of the opinion that an end ean he put to the race of armaments which menaces the very existence of mankind. Por this reason we ask the World Council of Churches to call the attention of the United Nations Organization and all the governments in the spirit ox the peace appeal ef Stockholm to prohibit immediately the atomic and bacteriological arms, which is to be the first and implicitly necessaxy step on the w^y to peace, he also ask the World Council of the Churches to summon all the government that, after having taken this step, they should at once start conversations for the solution of the problems at issue and general disarmament. We may remark that in our view the Churches can not be satisfied with the general propagation of the peace but have to offer quite concrete and efficacious steps for the real safeguarding of the peace. It is with brotherly love that we include for study * in connexion with these problems the dissertation of Bishop John Péter, member of the Hungarian Exumenic Committee, which also contains an appeal to the world Council of Churches. This dissertation and appeal gives expression to the conviction cf the Hungarian Ecumenio Council as well. Asking God's blessing for the work of the Committee, We are with brotherly love " • The message is signed by Bishop Albert Be re c zky President of the Hungarian Reformed Church, President ox the Hungarian Ecumenic Committee, Dr. Ivan Reök, Inspector-General of the Hungarian Lutheran Church, Co-Pi’es ident of the Hungarian Ecumenic Committee, Dr. Julius Groó, Secretaxy-General of the Hungarian Lutheran Church, Acting Tree-President of the Hungarian Ecumenic Committee, and dr. Ladislaus Makkai^ University Docent, Secretary-General ox the Hungarian Ecumenic Committee.-7-Bungarian Church Press NEW ORGANIZATION OP "MISSIONARY11 WORK IN TEE HUNGARIAN RRifhJIED CHURCH We have reported recently that the Reformed Church of Hungary has now arrived, on the road of her inner renewal, at the stage ox making "missionaiy» work an integral part of the church's and the congregations' activity. Those "missionaxy" enterprises, which in Hungary - just as in most Continental
