Commentaries on the Accra Confession

After the WARC General Council in Accra not only the Hungarian translation of the Accra Confession was published, but also discussions and theological work was encouraged as to the status and the content of the document. 

The prophetic voice of the document was well received, but in regard to the reception of the statement there have always been reservations which the Hungarian delegation already clearly expressed at the General Council in Ghana. Although in the theological and financial experts’ reflections in Hungary these reservations have been over and over again formulated, also in regard to the Sao Paolo Statement, the Accra Confession as a document encouraged not only a theoretical discussion, but also impacted the church’s social ministry. Reception and implementation of the document, against all the reservations, proved to be very fruitful as it came to the mission and social responsibility of the Church.

In order to provide some insight into the discussions and reflections around the Accra Confession we made a selection of commentaries published in the volume 2005/1 of the Confessio, the Quarterly Journal of the Reformed Church in Hungary. Old, but not outdated reflections giving an impression of the Hungarian reception of the Accra Confession.

You can read contributions in this selection from theologians and lay members of the Church: Dr. István Bogárdi Szabó has been Bishop of the Danubian Church District of the Reformed Church in Hungary (RCH) since 2003, he is Professor of Systematics and member of the Hungarian delegation in Accra.

Dr. Péter Ákos Bod is member of the RCH, works as Professor of economics, served in many different positions in former governments, He was Minister of Industry and Trade between 1990 and 1991 and the Governor of the Hungarian National Bank between 1991 and 1994.

Dr. Csaba Törő is a young member of RCH, economist and lawyer, works as Associate Professor at the Károli Gáspár Reformed Univeristy. He is former head of the European Union Department of the Office for Foreign Relations at the Hungarian National Assembly.

Dr. Tamás Béres is a Lutheran pastor, works as Professor of Systematics and Social Ethics at the Lutheran Theological University in Budapest.

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