Fraternity-Testvériség, 1987 (65. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1987-10-01 / 4. szám
Page 8 worshippers needing a place of worship for several centuries. Otherwise, the church would surely have been rebuilt during the reign of the first Christian King of Hungary, St. Stephen (1001-1038). The Hungarian people after 895 AD steadily assimilated into the European cultural community. Secular and religious buildings were erected. In Transylvania especially a great number of ancient churches, in their original or renovated form, exist from this early period. Mircea Pacurariu, the Sibiu University Theological Institute's Professor, in "Istoria Bistencii Ortodoxé Romane" (the history of the Roman Orthodox Church) dating from 1972, on page 47, writes that in Transylvania's Doboka (Dabica), a town adjacent to Kolozsvár (Cluj), remains of 10th-llth century AD Christian churches have been unearthed. This is a careful formulation. Professor Pacurariu makes no mention of what kind of Christian churches these are. Given their date, they could only be Hungarian churches. Otherwise Professor Pacurariu would surely claim them as proofs for the Dacian-Romanian continuity theory. But let us compare the dates of foundation of Transylvania's Hungarian and Romanian churches: Kolozsmonostor (Cluj-Manastur) Hungarian church: 1059-1063; Romanian church: 1797 Nagyvárad (Oradea-Mare) Hungarian church: 1093; Romanian church: 1784 Arad (Arad) Hungarian church: 1139; Romanian church: 1865 Gyulafehérvár (Alba-Iulia) Hungarian church: 1175; Romanian church: 1921 Marosvásárhely (Tirgu-Mures) Hungarian church: XII century; Romanian church: 1750 Nagyszeben (Sibiu) Hungarian church: 1191; Romanian church: XVII century Bonchida (Bontida) Hungarian church: 1273; Romanian church: XIX century Beszterce (Bistrita) Hungarian church: 1288; Romanian church: XIX century Felek (Avrig) Hungarian church: XIII century; Romanian church: XVIII century Tövis (Teius) Hungarian church: XIII century; Romanian church: XVI century Zalatna (Zlatna) Hungarian church: XIII century; Romanian church: XV century Piskolt (Piscolt) Hungarian church: XIV century; Romanian church: 1869 Temesvár (Timisoara) Hungarian church: 1325; Romanian church: 1936 The dates of establishment of some additional Hungarian churches: Alvinc (Vintu de Jos) XIII century, Boroskrakkó TESTVÉRISÉG (Cricau) XII century, Csikmánaság (Armaseni) XIII century, Érmihályfalva (Valea lui Mihai) 1284, Gelence (Ghelinta) 1245, Kisdisznód (Cisnadoara) XII century, Magyarvista (Vistea) XIII century, Nagycsúr (Sura Mare) XIII century, Rety (Reci) XI century, Székelydobos (Doboseni) XIII century. The dates of establishment of some additional Romanian churches: Alsólugas (Lugasu de Jos) XVIII century, Buziás- fürdo (Buzias) 1842, Felek (Feleacu) XV century, Körnicel (Cornitel) 1740, Fesznyek (Lesnie) XIV century, Oravicabánya (Oravita) 1872, Pártos (Partos) XV century, Rev (Vadul Crisului) 1790, Szelistye (Salista) XVIII century. The churches' dates of foundation prove beyond doubt that the Hungarian settlers in 895 AD did not, and could not have found Romanian Wallachian settlers in the region: history knows nothing of their presence in Transylvania until the 13th century AD. (The above article appeared in Hungarian in our last issue. It has been translated into English by Barbara and Elizabeth Kiss)
