Boros György (szerk.): Értesítő a Nemzetközi Unitárius Conferencziáról (Kolozsvár, 1897)

A Nemzetközi Unitárius Konferenczián tartott beszédek és felolvasások - Beszédek és felolvasások

120 accusers and accused and made a „C on c o rd“, the cardinal point of which was: Unitarians are obliged to adore Jesus Christ with a reverence due to God and to pray direct to him for assistance. By this so-called „Deézsian Concord“ (complanatio dézsiana) which was undersigned by the prince, George Rákoezy and by 57 ecclesiastics and laymen, the free practice of the Unitarian religion was acknowledged. The whole „Concord“, with all its other points, not mentioned here, was accepted by the Unitarians, not because they intended to oppress the freedom of cons­cience, but because, they wanted somehow to keep up the existence of their Church-life. The spirit of Fr. Dávid has never died out from among Unitarians. It has always animated and led them. During the reign of the Transylvanian princes, though the interests of the Unitarians were often greatly neglected, still they themselves were not exposed to persecution. Our brethren in Poland met with the same cir­cumstances. About 1650 they became exposed to such a cruel persecution, so as to force them to leave their country They were received with open arms in Tran­sylvania, where in union with their Transylvanian Uni­tarian brethren they were able to hold their own form of worship. This was tho occasion, when Hungarian Unitarians first met their Polish brethren who Avere persecuted for their religion. This was the time, when the two nations, both of them longing for freedom, were drawn into a close connection by their common faith and love of freedom of conscience. The position of Transylvania became changed and the right to elect her own princes, ceased, and a new era began. Transylvania, together with Hungary, came under the rule of the Habsburgs, and consequently from

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