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My Afternoon With A Calvinist Bishop

My Afternoon With A Calvinist Bishop

A conversation with Istvan Szábo -- the retired bishop, not the filmmaker

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May 08, 2021
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A statue of John Calvin — Kálvin János, in the Hungarian style — anchors Calvin Square in Budapest

Yesterday I traveled to the Buda side of the Danube to meet Bishop Istvan Szabo of the Reformed Church of Hungary. If you're a film person, you're thinking, "Wow, the director of the Oscar-winning Mephisto is now a Calvinist divine?!" Nope. As my new Hunga…

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