"Csendben éli életét" : A lelkészi szolgálat lehetőségei az ötvenes években. Nagy Lajos szőnyi lelkipásztor példája = "Living his life quietly.” Opportunities for Pastoral Service during the 1950s. The Example of Rev. Lajos Nagy, Pastor of the Reformed Congregation in Szőny

Bokor, Anna and Rigó, Róbert (2024) "Csendben éli életét" : A lelkészi szolgálat lehetőségei az ötvenes években. Nagy Lajos szőnyi lelkipásztor példája = "Living his life quietly.” Opportunities for Pastoral Service during the 1950s. The Example of Rev. Lajos Nagy, Pastor of the Reformed Congregation in Szőny. HAGYOMÁNY IDENTITÁS TÖRTÉNELEM, 1 (1). pp. 137-150. ISSN 3004-2992

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Abstract

The congregations of the Reformed Church in Hungary suffered great financial and spiritual losses during the nineteen-fifties. Namely, church leaders collaborated with the state, and pastors who opposed the nationalization of church properties and other state actions would face reassigning or arrest. Literature has chiefly focused on church leaders, but it has neglected pastors so far. However, supplementing it with the examples of surviving congregations and their pastors, it will offer a more complete and more representative picture of the history of the church under Communist rule. Rev. Lajos Nagy, pastor of such a congregation in Szőny managed to navigate his congregation through external hardships. The congregation regularly held services and Bible study lessons, with a growing number of young people joining it. Although the service of the pastor was innocent and “quiet” in the eyes of the state, his attitude, i.e. he served quietly and kept the community together, became an outstanding example against the backdrop of removed pastors and empty churches.

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