Calvin Synod Herald, 2005 (106. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2005-05-01 / 5-6. szám
C ALVIN SYNOD HF.RAI.D 3 FHRC-LA Hawthorne. CA • On May 1, we will have a Mother’s Day Program and lunch after worship service. Anyák Napi Műsoros ebéd. Also, Hungarian dance class will be held at 2 PM. • Pentecos - Special Worship Service and Lord’s Supper will be held on May 15. Pünkösdi Istentisztelet Úrvacsora osztással. • We are planning our Spring Bazaar for May 22 after worship service. Tavaszi Bazár! • On June 12, we will have a special Father’s Day Program and Luncheon. Apák Napi Műsoros ebéd. HRC Whiting. IN • Email Address Change: Rt. Rev. Koloman K. Ludwig, Pastor of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Whiting, Indiana, and Bishop of the Calvin Synod, has a new email address: KKLudwitfawowwav. com Please update your online address books. Eastern Classis Resolution The Right Reverend Doctor Francis Vitéz, Bishop Emeritus of Calvin Synod - United Church of Christ, a former Dean of the Eastern Classis, died in the Lord on Sunday, the Twenty-sixth Day of December, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Four, in the Eighty-fourth Year of His blessings; and Whereas, the ministerial career of this faithful son of the Christian Church was one of deep commitment to the Reformation heritage manifested in the Reformed Church of Hungary, and an equally sincere respect and appreciation for all branches of the Church, their ministers and priests; and his ministry to the local churches and members led him to more than fifty years as a Pastor; and he served as the president, chairman or an executive officer of the Eastern Classis and Calvin Synod, the American Hungarian Ministerial Association, and with numerous Hungarian Reformed and local clergy associations; and he served for many years as Editor of the Reformátusok Lapja/Calvin Synod Herald; and Whereas, he was acknowledged for his scholarship, academic achievements and literary skills, with a Masters degree from Columbia and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary; and literary honors with silver and gold medals were awarded him for his books of poetry; and he authored numerous studies on Hungarian Reformed church life and education in America, and a classic book of prayers; and Whereas, this native son bom of Hungarian soil, dismembered by tyranny and cut off to be incorporated into an oppressor nation, was denied return home by the totalitarian regime from study abroad, effectively exiled and found asylum in America; and with all due respect and love for his new country, but in emphasis of his pride in his heritage - civil, cultural, language and faith - which no tyranny could expunge, chose not to become a citizen of the United States, and rejoiced when the government of Hungary issued him a travel document acknowledging him as one of its own; therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Eastern Classis of Calvin Synod hereby expresses its gratitude for Bishop Francis Vitéz as we commend his exemplary life to the citizens of his homeland, the church of the ages, and his soul to the merciful arms of Almighty God his Creator; and Be It Further Resolved that we express our sympathy to his beloved family, to the members of the John Calvin Hungarian Reformed Church of Perth Amboy, New Jersey; and that we request the concurrence of the Calvin Synod in this Resolution of respect. Approved by the Eastern Classis Meeting at Fairfield, Connecticut, on February 5, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Five; Attest: Rev. Albert W. Kovács Rev. Leslie E. Martin Mr. István Balia 450th Anniversary of the Marian Martyrs John Rogers (c.1500-1555) The year 2005 marks the 450th anniversary of the beginning of that time which is a blot on the pages of English history. - Mary Tudor (often referred to as “Bloody Mary”) came to the throne in 1553 with a determination to undo all the progress in the Protestant Reformation that was made under the brief reign of her half-brother, Edward 6th. Within two years the martyrdoms commenced and nearly 300 Protestant believers were killed. John Rogers was educated at Cambridge. For a time he served as a rector in a church in London. Later he became chaplain to merchants living in Antwerp, (in modem day Belgium). While there he met William Tyndale, a man who was busy translating the Old Testament into English. Through Tyndale, Rogers became convinced of the Reformed faith. Another scholar, Miles Coverdale, was helping Tyndale with the translation and John Rogers joined them in the work by providing marginal notes and prefaces for the translation, and in the smuggling of the forbidden Bibles back into England. After serving for many years as a pastor in Wittenberg, Germany, John Rogers returned to England during the reign of the godly King Edward and served as a divinity lecturer at St Paul’s. When Mary took the throne and forbade gospel preaching, Rogers preached against Mary’s proclamation. For a time he was put under house arrest. Though he had a wife and 11 children he would not abandon the work of proclaiming the gospel. Eventually Bishop Bonner of London had Rogers locked up in the infamous Newgate Prison and condemned to death.
