Calvin Synod Herald, 1992 (92. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)
1992-03-01 / 2. szám
CALVIN SYNOD HERALD — 5 — REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA Bishop Tőkés’s letter (Continued from page 4) ty of a severe attack against my person. He was in supreme charge at that time of the attack against me, my family, and my church in Timosara. The same goes to all the hench-men under his command, now set free together with him. The murderers of the Timosara martyrs are either still functioning unharmed, or are now released from prison or will be shortly. It was — indeed — the most ridiculous aftermath of the glorious freedom-fight that on the Eve of the second anniversary (December 13, 1991), as a consequence of the mass release of the criminals, I was indicted to appear before the Military Court in Timosara for an investigative hearing. During the two years of the “Timosara Trial” before this time I was never once even called in to hear the testimony of the crown-witness and the number one victim of the “Timosara Trial.” 13.) The most serious document concludes the long enumeration of facts after facts in the pronouncement of the death sentence by the so-called “Multi-Counties ‘Peoples’ Court” in November 1991. The accusation against me is slander and defamation of the Romanian Nation. The verdict took effect on December 31, 1991 and by their decision can be carried out by anyone at anyplace. The executioner’s reward is set at $150,000. It is very probable that the final alternative of this ultimate threat, the final conclusion of the “Tőkés Case”, might be my physical annihilation. Even yet if it would not be so predestined in the book of my life, the circumstances, the political atmosphere, with nationalistic inclinations might make it possible or probable. I do therefore have ample reason for a sound fear regarding myself, even the members of my immediate family. In a much wider base we have sufficient reason for fear regarding our entire and miserable social existence facing possible destruction; with a special accent on my own people here so tremendously alarmed and endangered by cruelly menacing forces. We have to defend ourselves! We have to acquire a clear vision, placing our trust in God, enforcing ourselves by our mutual Faith and uniting all of us in an unshakable alliance. Last but not least, we also have to implore begging for the perfect cooperation of our foreign-friends and democratic-partners to be our cobuilders with us in a better future world. Signed: László Tőkés, Oradea, January 8, 1992 Bishop Resurrection (Continued from page 4) His resurrection also meant something else to them. They believed that in the resurrection God had vindicated the way of the Cross, the way of the Servant. It was hard to believe that an itinerant preacher and healer who spent his life among outcast and common people was the one in whom God offered salvation, especially when he wound up on a criminal’s cross. But Easter day makes it clear that in him and in his way God offers hope and salvation to the whole world. The best way to celebrate Easter is to celebrate what God through his Spirit has done in raising Christ from the dead and giving us new life. If we do that, then we will hear again the call to walk the way of the Servant. Robert V. Moss Declaration of the Union Hungarian Reformed Church in America Rt. Rev. Andrew Harsanyi, Bishop Hopatcong, New Jersey Calvin Synod Conference of the United Church of Christ Rt. Rev. Zoltán Sziics, Bishop Lorain, Ohio Whereas it is strongly felt that the time has arrived to join spiritual as well as ecclesiastical forces of all Hungarian Reformed Churches in America, the Bishop’s Council of The Hungarian Reformed Church in America and the Conference Council of the Calvin Synod, as administrative bodies between General Assemblies, declare the formation of The United Hungarian Reformed Church in America and churches of the Calvin Synod. The union preserves the integrity and autonomy of the existing structures of both church bodies, until the final structural and constitutional unity shall be achieved. A permanent joint committee of six members consisting of Bishops Andrew Harsanyi and Zoltán Sziics, Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Kaiser, Senior Dean Stefan Torok, Ecumenical Secretary Lajos Illés and Senior Scholar Alexander Havadtoy shall work out the necessary details. May Almighty God bless this endeavor. The Grace and Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with us all.
