Archbishop Emeritus Gyula Márfi's "On the Paths of the Search for God" on Thursday in Veszprém.
Pál Oberfrank, director of the Petőfi Theater in Veszprém, welcomed the participants as host. Béla Sztojalovszky, chairman of the board of trustees of the Magyar Lélek Alapítvány, the editor of the volume highlighted in the introduction that Gyula Márfi explains his thoughts about the world in the ten-chapter volume, but he always states the truths in an understandable way.
He added,
he expresses his opinion with the thoroughness of a scientist and summarizes the experiences gained during his service.
Gyula Márfi was interviewed by Imre Garaczi, MTA VEAB vice president. He believed that the aim of the volume is to comprehensively present the values, which is particularly important in today's world. Praising the book, he described it as an uplifting, soul-affirming read, and at the same time expressed his hope that many young people would read it. He noted that Gyula Márfi uses the knowledge of many disciplines in the volume, from history and religious studies to literature and philosophy. The text contains a separate chapter, among other things
About knowing God, the Holy Trinity, the theme of original sin and redemption, the authenticity of the Gospels, the dangers of ultra-liberal thinking and the Ten Commandments.
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Imre Garaczi talked with Gyula Márfi about his new volume / Photo: Lajos Nagy
In connection with the chapter on moderation, he talked about how everything has its optimal measure: whether it is love of God, raising children, or love of humanity. He added that it is important that there is harmony and harmony between the love of God, love of oneself, love of neighbor and the created world.
Gyula Márfi responded to Imre Garaczi's suggestion that technicism and pragmatism have become increasingly dominant in the world in recent decades.
we live in a "suicide age": with Europe turning away from the humanities, it is beginning to turn into a vacuum.
He believed that with excessive rationalism and the fact that objects rule in today's world, people lose their humanity. In relation to neighborly love, Gyula Márfi explained that although in the Old Testament - for example in the book of Jonah - the view of total love and forgiveness appears, humanity has come a long way until it realized that God loves everyone, including the pagans.
Parliament member Péter Ovádi, mayor Gyula Porga, Imre Polgárdy, chairman of the county assembly, and deputy mayor Mária Brányi took part in the book presentation.
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