Magyar Egyház, 1960 (39. évfolyam, 1-9. szám)
1960-04-01 / 4. szám
X MAGYAR EGYHÁZ MAGYAR CHURCH BISHOP ZOLTÁN BEKY: Mother’s Day Once again, on Mother’s Day, the congregations of the Hungarian Reformed Church in America embrace the mothers with deep love. And they admit that without the faithfulness, without the hard work and quiet services of the mothers no church of our communion would have grown into its present state. The younger generations so often do not fake the fourth commandment seriously enough. Little children, as they learn the ten commandments, unconsciously change the order of words in the fourth by saying ‘honor thy mother and father’ thus declaring their mother to be the primary object of their love. Yet, how often the child’s love disappears, his devotion turns into some cold calculation in the life of the young adult. The increasing number of old peoples’ homes serves as sad examples of this. “Honor thy mother” — it means more than merely obedience and politeness; it should mean love in the first place. Love is mother’s only payment and reward for all her life’s devotion, anguish, and self-sacrifice. Those who do not love their mother cannot love and appreciate their spiritual mother, the church, either. Those whose lips turn cold toward their mother, also will soon become indifferent with Christ’s church. Disbelief and a loveless family life are identical. In the name of the spiritual mother we most warmly salute the mothers of our congregations; the flowers of our faith and faithfulness with them we place at the feet of our Lord Jesus Christ. Him to love we have learned through their hearts! IVhen Eve was brought unto Adam, he became filled with the Holy Spirit, and gave her the most sanctified, the most glorious of appellations. He called her ‘EVA’, that is to say: ‘THE MOTHER OF ALL’. He did not name her wife, but simply mother — mother of all living creatures. In this consists the glory and the most precious ornament of woman. Martin Luther Church Leaders Repudiate Communism and "Hysteria" National Council Presents Its Position to Congress The National Council of Churches’ stand on communism, and the use of any agency of the government “to defame church institutions or leaders” has been stated in detail in a letter sent to every member of the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives. Signed by Dr. Roy G. Ross, general secretary, the letter had the endorsement and approval of the heads of 24 of its member bodies, among them Bishop Zoltán Beky of the Hungarian Reformed Church in America. Stating that “the National Council and its constituent communions are and always have been unalterably opposed to communism,” the letter cites its general policy statement of May 19, 1953, which declared: “No body of people is more concerned to combat communism than the church groups of our country." This position was reaffirmed, Dr. Ross told the legislators, in a statement adopted by the General Board last June. Referring to the recent Air Force manual which attacked the churches, the letter continued: “The Council with equal determination also opposes and condemns - and will continue to oppose and condemn - all efforts, official or private, subtle or overt, intended or otherwise, to use agencies of any branch of the government or media of communication under government regulation to defame church institutions or leaders.” Such practices, it said, set a pattern which is “profoundly un-American." The statement also underlined the Council’s insistence “not only on the right but on the duty of the churches ... to study and comment upon issues, whether political, economic or social, which affect human relations.” The issuing of the declaration, follows several weeks of accusation and reply arising out of the Council’s denunciation of an Air Force training manual that had accused council leaders of pro- communist activity. The US Government withdrew the manual from circulation, but accusations have continued by some American Christian groups. The heads of the Council’s nine other member denominations who did not sign the statement were either away from their offices or abroad. At press time, more than 80 Senators and Representatives had thanked Dr. Ross for what one Senator called “an eloquent and convincing statement of the high principles which are the basis not only of the National Council but of our entire democratic society and government."
