Calvin Synod Herald, 1995 (95. évfolyam, 1-5. szám)
1995-05-01 / 3. szám
CALVIN SYNOD HERALD- 6 -AMERIKAI MAGYAR REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA "The March of Truth" is marching again \ The middle section of the Reformation Monument in Geneva The Oldest leading Protestant publication, the "Christian Observer“, in continued existence for 182 years, started in July 1994 to publish a one page condensed report on each of the twenty pre-reformation and reformation heroes. The Christian Observer, under the title "Our People", started this new series based on our editors book The March of Truth. The lives and credos of twenty heros of the Reformation are brought to life. It brings each and every one of the twenty historical miniatures in a condensed summary, including the small pictures from the book. Reinhold H. Weidemaar drew the pendrawings for Dr. Szabó's book, winning with them the Guggenheim Prize of Art at the time of its publication. In Dr. Szabó's book each miniature is about 14 pages long and the pictures of each hero is a full page-size drawing of the artist. We are eternally grateful to the editor of "Christian Observer“, the Rev. Dr. Edwin P. Elliot, Jr., for this impressive new March of the "March of Truth”. Furthermore for his kind approach he sent to the Publisher fora new edition of the “March of Truth“ for a new generation with loyalty to our Reformation. John Wyclif, Morning Star of Reformation The Popes, after subjugating Europe, claimed England-striking at a Reformer already in heaven. What they could not do to the living Wyclif, they did to his dead body. He was "ungraved" after 14 years and his ashes scattered. Lollards watched as the bones were placed on the pyre a few feet from his grave. His English Bible was already in the hands of believers throughout the country; Thousands of his tracts were read all over England by his disciples. Girolamo Savonarola " N o hatwilllhave but that of a martyr, reddened with my own blood." This was Savonarola's reply to the Papal Legate's offer of a cardinal's red hat in exchange for silence about the sins in the church; especially in Florence where the Medici ruled. Savonarola had struggled to rid the church of evil leaders. The Medicis were expelled from their magnificent palace. Even as the city rejoiced and the bonfire was lit, plans were underfoot to undo Savonarola's work. Pope Alexander VI issued an excommunication against the Prior of San Marco. At the time of the bonfire it had not yet been delivered. Philip of Hesse - the Magnanimous Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, became a leading champion of the cause of Protestantism. He had come face to face with the Truth at the Diet of Worms. Three years after that event he became a leader in the Protestant cause. Without changing his views, Zwingli and his followers were willing to work with the Lutherans in the common defense of the faith. Luther would have none of it. Thus died Philip of Hesse's dream of uniting Prote s t a n t s against the forces of the Church of Rome and its supporters at a critical point in the struggle. The Kidnapping of Luther by Frederick the Wise When the Monk of Saxony posted his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church, Frederick came face to face with the Evangelical Truth. With the Word of God in the hands of the people, no pope, no Rome, no idols can stand. Martin Luther The Black Monk of Wittenberg "Truth, even if left alone, will save itself by its own right hand," FAREL CALVIN BEZE KNOX
