Magyar Egyház, 1993 (72. évfolyam, 1-5. szám)
1993-04-01 / 2. szám
6. oldal MAGYAR EGYHÁZ DR. BERZEVICZY LÁSZLÓ Az Amerikai Magyar Reformárus Egyház fájdalommal jelenti, hogy Ontarioban (California) lakott tiszteletbeli gondnoka, Dr. Berzeviczy László nyugalmazott lelkipásztor, hosszú betegség után, 80 éves korában, elhunyt. Emlékére március 13-án gyászistentiszteletet tartottak. LETTER OF SOLIDARITY American area churches of the Reformed World Alliance expresses solidarity with Hungarian reformed churches in the former Yugoslavia The Caribbean and North American Area Council of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (CANAAC) at its recent annual meeting held February 19-22, 1993, in the Ceder Glen Conference Center, Bolton, Ontario, Canada passed resolutions, concerning issues of discrimination, effecting Cuba, Haiti and indigenous people across the region. The meeting of the Council which comprises 15 churches of the Reformed Family, among them The Hungarian Reformed Church in America, in a resolution expressed its solidarity with the Hungarian Reformed Church in the former Yugoslavia. The full text of the Letter of Solidarity is as follows: We, members of the Caribbean and North American Council of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches are deeply distressed by the sufferings precipitated by the present civil war in the former Yugoslavia, among the Moslem, Roman Catholic and Orthodox communities. We recognize the profound danger this war places upon the Hungarian Reformed Church’s congregations and pastors there, though they do not wish to be part of this conflict. We pray for them in this tragic moment of their history and express our Christian solidarity and concern with them. We ask our churches to pray and identify with all the sufferers and appeal to their governments to facilitate actions to bring peace in this region. The Letter of Solidarity was sent to the Hungarian Reformed Church in the former Yugoslavia, The World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and member churches of CANAAC. PARTS OF THE BIBLE NOW IN OVER 2,000 LANGUAGES The United Bible Societies’ 1993 annual report on Scripture translation says there are now 2,009 languages into which at least one book of the Bible has been translated. Complete Bibles are available in 329 languages and New Testaments in 770 others. Regional totals of languages which at least one book of the Bible has been translated are over 1,750 from the Third World (Africa, Asia, Oceania, Latin America and The Caribbean). The United Bible Societies are involved in 609 language projects of which 419 are languages in which at least one part of the Bible is translated for the first time. Estimates of the total number of languages in the world range from 5,000 to 6,500. (EPS) FROM THE BISHOP’S NOTEBOOK- Concerning Christian unity: Separate confessional identity and multiconfessional cooperation are not contradictory.- I heard a sad but true remark at an interdenominational meeting of church people: "The participants attended a sumptuous breakfast in the morning after which they enthusiastically condemned world hunger.”- We cannot outlove God.- The gates of heaven are very low - you must bow your head to get in.- Be careful in your judgment. A woman was looking out through her kitchen window and found disapprovingly that her neighbor’s laundry was quite grey. When she later stepped out from her kitchen she had to realize that the neighbor’s laundry was snow white, her kitchen window was grey from dirt!- It is awful if a person believes his/her own lies.- A Jesuit’s quip: "The Pope is infallible except when he is wrong.”- Noone can pray instead of me. Noone can believe by proxy.
