The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1985 (12. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1985-07-01 / 7. szám
attainments. In my opinion, the greatest service Hungarians can perform for American society and for themselves is to keep alive their spirit of independence and orginality and apply it to the current issues of American society. By doing so, they will strengthen the foundations of a free social and economic system in America.” Suggested Readings: Elemer Bako, Prominent Hungarians in United States History (Center Square: Alpha, 1978) Laura Fermi, Illustrious Immigrants: The Intellectual Migration from Europe, 1930-1941 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968) Francis S. Wagner, Hungarian Contributions to World Civilization (Center Square: Alpha, 1977) “Rokop - State-of-the-Art Continuous Casters,” Technotimes June 1985, p. 7 (Information on the Rokop design is based on this informative article). SUFFERING IS NECESSARY Blessed be tears and sorrow! Kiss the bud on your rugged cross And thus go the road to your Calvary. The sky is a firmament of desires. Neither sin nor virtue can extinguish The desire of man thirsting after happiness. Blessed be tears and sorrow, For they lift us among the stars, To the summit of holy Calvary. There, every orphan becomes a winged angel, And heaven opens At a single word of the grim thief. SZENVEDNI KELL! Áldott legyen a könny s a bánat Zord keresztedre bimbót csókolj s úgy járd útját Kálváriádnak. Az ég: a vágyak csillagboltja. A boldogságra szomjas ember vágyát erény, bűn el nem oltja. Áldott legyen a könny s a bánat, mert közel hoz a csillagokhoz csúcsán a szent Kálváriának. Angyallá lesz ott minden árva és szárnya nő s az ég kitárul a vad latornak egy szavára. LUTHERAN BISHOP FROM HUNGARY DISCUSSES CHRISTIANITY AND MARXISM Bishop Dr. Zoltán Kaldy, 65, who is president of the Lutheran World Federation as well as Bishop of the Lutheran Church in Hungary, presently is visiting the United States. In many places he discussed the situation of the churches in Hungary. The week of May 26th he was in Washington D.C. “We are finding our way in a communist society,” Bishop Kaldy told a gathering of Washington area pastors. “It is a narrow way, but I think that Christians all over the world have a narrow way ... in your society too, I think.” “It is not easy to be a Christian in a society dominated by the ‘materialist ideology’ of Marxism”, he said, but he added that the situation in Hungary “is generally the best of the socialist countries”. Kaldy said although it has fewer members today, “in quality . . . the Lutheran Church in Hungary is stronger — because being a Christian in an atheist society involves ‘a decision’,” he said. Kaldy, was elected head of the 54 million-member Lutheran World Federation at the group’s world assembly in Budapest last summer. He preached the sermon on Pentecost, May 26th, at the Lutheran Church of Reformation of Washington, D.C. “A lot of people (outside Hungary) think we don’t dare criticize our government,” he said. “It is not true. We can and we do, from the pulpit and church publications. When I say from the pulpit ‘God lives’ it is critical, because Marxism says that there is no God.” Kaldy is a member of the Hungarian parliment, along with two Roman Catholics and one representative each from Reformed and free churches and the Jewish community. “In parliment I am standing on my Christian basis. I speak freely . . . and it is no problem. If I can’t speak freely, I shall leave.” He registered gentle annoyance at having been described in an American Lutheran publication as a “communist bishop.” We are not communist and we don’t want to be communist, but we would like to be Christian in a communist society. The church has a wonderful task — to build bridges between people,” he said. Michael S. Juhasz (left) with Bishop Kaldy in front of Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. Mécs Lásdo Page 8 Translated by Watson Kirkconnell. Eighth Hungarian Tribe
