Calvin Synod Herald, 1987 (87. évfolyam, 1-5. szám)
1987 / 3. szám
CALVIN SYNOD HERALD — 3 — REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA report extending them with the proposals of: 1. Joint adult camp 2. Joint liturgical committee to work on a new liturgical book. 3. Synchronized meetings of the two synods with thorough discussion of uniting and Hungarian Reformed Ecumene. The Calvin Synod's Revised Constitution and By-Laws were distributed to the delegates by the General Secretary. Many important resolutions were passed, among them some of the following are noteworthy: Rev. Imre A. Bertalan of Allen Park, MI, member of the Hungarian Reformed Church in America, was granted full standing in our Synod (dual standing) by vote of the Conference: the Youth Committee will work out guidelines for confirmation and its purpose; The editor of the Calvin Synod Herald is instructed to publish information pertinent to United Church of Christ affiliated higher educational institutions and our congregations are encouraged to support these institutions. It was also decided to have the financial records of our Synod audited by a certified public accountant within 60 days after the current Synod Meeting and a financial advisor is to be consulted regarding our investments, as it was done in the past. The Synod also approved the financing of currently budgeted priorities: $450.- was provided as a subsidy for two Synod officers to visit Hungarian Reformed Christians in Central Europe, as half of their expenses, with the stipulation that any further visit abroad should he first authorized by the Conference itself; Upon the recommendation of'the Conference Council the Synod approved that its next meeting would be held May 24-26, 1988 in Ligonier, PA; Rev. Bela Poznan was appointed as our Synod representative and coordinator in the Refugee Sponsorship Program of the UCBM. Students in Care presently are: John Csuti, Zoltán Sutto, Paul Kiss, Tibor Nagy, István Nyeste, Steven Hertelendi. Rev. Zoltán Fass, a pastor from Transylvania, studying at Princeton Theological Seminary asked for a ”Privilege of Call." It is in progress. An annual proposed budget of $73,190 was accepted for 1988 and '89 with an ammendment of an additional $2,000 for 1987, 1988 and 1989, as it was presented by the Budget Committee. With help and strength from God Almighty we have had a successful, prayerful and at times energy-draining meeting. Zoltán Daniel Szucs General Secretary CALVIN SYNOD HERALD Official Organ of the Calvin Synod, Conference of the United Church of Christ Rt. Rev. Zoltán Király, Bishop 220 Fourth St. — Passaic, N.J. 07055 Telephone: (201)778-1019 MANAGING EDITOR Paul Kantor ADMINISTRATOR: Charlotte K. Kantor PUBLISHING OFFICE: 365 E. Woodrow Avenue, P.O. Box 07812 Columbus, Ohio 43207 Telephones: (614)444-1473 or 444-1319 PRINTING OFFICE: DESKTOP PUBLISHING POBOX 07812 COLUMBUS OH 43207 Published bi-monthly Individual Subscription $6,00 Group Subscription $4,00 yearly Postmaster Send change of address to: CALVIN SYNOD HERALD 1*0. Box 07X12. Columbus. OH 43207 Second ( lass postage paid at Columbus. Ohio ISSN 0161-6900 1 rticles from the Calvin Synod Herald may he reproduced freely with credit given to this publication. TRANSYLVANIAN NEWS BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - The rhetorical “Battle of Transylvania” between Hungary and Rumania has evidently heated up to a degree unprecedented between member-states of the Soviet-bloc. What brought the longsuppressed resentment on the part of Hungary out into the open and triggered the recent polemical outburst between Budapest and Bucharest, was the publication by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences of a three-volume “History of Transylvania". Compiled by a team of historians and chief-edited by the Hungarian Minister of Culture, Bela Kopeczi, the major work appeared with the official stamp of approval of the government. This audacity scratched the tender sensibilities of governmental officials in Rumania, who promptly denounced the Hungarian version of the history of Transylvania as “a falsification of history” and proceeded to circulate several vitriolic press releases of condemnation. One of these, under the title of “A Conscious Forgery of History Under the Aegis of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences" and, the other, under the title of “Deliberate Falsification of History: Method and Style”. In rebuttal, a spokesman for the Hungarian Government issued a formal condemnation of the Government of President Nicolae Ceausescu “for causing disturbances in cooperation between two neighboring socialist countries”. The first round in the “Battle of Transylvania" is over. While “Round Two” is being cranked up. there has been a sudden increase in Budapest visitations by Soviet "top brass”. A representative of the Rumanian Government has also been dispatched to Budapest to do some talking It will be interesting to see whether there will be a “Round Two" and. if so. how it will be stage-managed. Meanwhile, the fate of about 2.000,000 Hungarians in Transylvania — the largest ethnic minority in all of Europe — is Still at Stake. Hungarian Heritage Review
