The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1983 (10. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1983-10-01 / 10. szám
In 1545 the complete translation of the Bible appeared in the Hungarian language, printed in Kolozsvár. Shortly after, in 1582, financed by Hungarians and translated by Hungarians, the Bible was published in the Vlach language. In the 14th century two Transylvanian Hungarian brothers, Márton and György Kolozsvári, were famous sculptors. Most of their works were demolished through the many wars, except the well known statue of St. George in the city of Prague, which is today recognized as one of the greatest monuments of Gothic sculpture. Thus Transylvania, as part of Hungary, became the center of Hungarian culture. During the most troubled times of Central European history, when the conflict between Catholicism and Protestantism set fire to the emotions, in Transylvania the Hungarian preacher and philosopher Ferenc Dávid (1535-1579) was able to found and establish the Unitarian Church, and persude the Congress of Torda in 1568 to declare, for the first time in the world, the freedom of religion. It is indeed not accidental that man’s God-given right to choose his own religion and to worship freely and undisturbed was first recognized and legalized in Transylvania. This was a direct result of the Hungarian concept of freedom, as well as the respect toward the freedom of others, which permeated the entire Hungarian state-concept, and enabled the Hungarians to rule the Carpathian Basin successfully for a thousand years. This secured free development to every ethnic group which asked permission to settle within the Hungarian borders. Even after 1711, when Hungarian political independence was completely lost to Habsburg oppression, Hungarian culture in Transylvania not only kept in step with the cultural evolution of the rest of the country, but in many instances it became the guiding force of spiritual and cultural resistance. In the fields of sciences, art and literature, Transylvania became the torch-bearer to the rest of oppressed Hungary. The same phenomenon repeated itselft after 1849, when the Liberty War was crushed by the combined forces of Austria and Russia, and the darkness of revengeful oppression fell upon Hungary for the second time. It might be interesting to note that the first English-Tibetan dictionary was published in 1834 by a young Transylvanian explorer, Sándor Körösi Csorna. The era between 1820 and 1867 is also regarded by many as the “golden age” of the Hungarian national literature, brought forth by Habsburg oppression. Many of the great names in Hungarian literature were from Transylvania, such as Ferenc Kazinczy (1759-1831), Ferenc Kölcsey (1790-1838), Mihály Tompa (1817-1868) and others. — to be continued — NEW! AUTHENTIC! DOCUMENTED! APPROVED AND RELEASED BY THE DANUBIAN RESEARCH CENTER Wass: Deadly Fog at Dead Man’s Landing, novel ....$ 5.00 Wass: Hungarian Legends, illustrated, second edition, cloth..................$10.00 paper...................$ 8.00 Haraszti, Andrew: The Ethnic History of Transylvania ...........................................................$10.00 Haraszti: Origin of the Rumanians. The Vlach origin and migration ...................................................$ 5.00 Nánay, Julia: Transylvania, the Hungarian Minority in Rumania..................................................$ 5.00 Wass: Documented Facts and Figures on Transylvania, paper .......$ 4.00 hardbound .............$ 5.00 Zathuraczky: Transylvania, Citadel of the West ........$ 4.00 Wass, Albert: Our Hungarian Heritage, a bicentennial publication .............................................$ 2.00 Prepaid Orders will be mailed free of charge by: THE DANUBIAN PRESS Rt. 1, Box 59 Astor, Florida 32002 The Transylvania Quarterly is a supplement to the Eighth Tribe bi-lingual monthly magazine. Subscription is $10.00 per year — $12.00 outside U.S.A. payable in U.S. funds. Eighth Tribe, P.O. Box 637, ligonier, Pa. 15658. DO YOU KNOW that millions of YOUR TAX DOLLARS HELP SUPPORT THE MOST VICIOUS VIOLATORS OF HUMAN RIGHTS THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OF RUMANIA? IN TRANSYLVANIA Three million Hungarians, Germans, Jews and other minorities are treated as inferior citizens, imprisoned, tortured, beaten to death by the political police, due to their ethnic origin! PROTEST THE PREFERRED NATION STATUS granted by our President to the COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OF RUMANIA! For more information, read: Documented Facts and Figures on Transylvania. Published by the Danubian Press, Astor, Fla. 32002. THE TRANSYLVANIAN QUARTER!v VII
