Hungarian Church Press, 1958 (10. évfolyam, 1-2. szám)
1958-01-15 / 1-2. szám
HCHP 1,15,-11,1.1958 Vol;X/l -2 - 23 23 I grat .fully thank my brethren Fér-ne r.rdsi and István Gaél for having assumed the lot of burden? of substitut/ me in the hard times of the uncertainty. ing I beg forgiveness from all who stood by my recall both in letters and the resolution, Do believe tac 1 could not tell earlier what would be my decision, I thaak the menders of the bishop's offfor all they were doing for me and the church district in co-cperation with me. I ask those,whom I have had severe talks with,not to forget the severe talks., I ask you to forgive me if I was anyhow heartless or seemed to be strong-hearted, I was always for your sake hard. Those who have been knowing me from the time before my bist'j's service realize that the severeness by which I have acooE^plished my bishop's duty is not ray fundamental nature, But I have had to do so for your sake. Right Reverend General Assembly ! I do not say good-bye after all. The affairs which th church district lives in and those which I am going to live in, are organic* d-y and deeply connected to each other.. .e remain together in the living oneness of the affairs and services. Finally I ask the General Assembly of the church district even if it does not comprehend it,to understand and accept my standpoint and exonerate me of the service of this place with a resolution and let me step on this new stretch of the service with blessings or benediction respectively to the best of the faith and heart of the church district, Resolution of the church district adopting Bishop _.T-*nos living up The general assembly of our church distriet sharing the board of seniors' unanimous and irrevocable feeling can hardly bear that it should be destitute of Bishop János Péter, God's chosen and called servant-just the moment when the service of the church district and the whole Reformed Church in Eungaiyis renewing,«the man whom it reputes to be the leader received of God's grace and whom it looks on with all affection of its heart and confidence if its soul. The general assembly .under the pressure of these extreemly painful feelings, is at a loss to utter the acceptance of Bishop Peter's resignation even v.'hen he humbly tries to make obeisance to the external God's order, The General Assembly of our church District cherishes and keeps the hope that the resignation from the bishop5 s office is net fie ave-1 aking and our Bishop János Péter will be together with his church district in the future, too, and when working in the service for the Hungarian nation there is and there will be in it the service of our church district, too, I The General Assembly of our church district accepts Bishop János Péter's giving up but does not take leave of him and asks the eternal God to keep and hold him, to bless and guide him for the sake of our whole nation end our church in it. I
