Secret Police Watching the Guests and the Foreign Students of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Romania at the End of the 20th Century. I. Cover Image

A református egyház vendégeinek és külföldi teológiai hallgatóinak megfigyelése Romániában, a 20. század második felében I
Secret Police Watching the Guests and the Foreign Students of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Romania at the End of the 20th Century. I.

Author(s): Dezső Buzogány
Subject(s): Theology and Religion
Published by: Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület
Keywords: Security Service;Securitate (political police);communism and church;

Summary/Abstract: The second half of the 20th century can be characterised by a consolidation of all state structures of the Communist Party. The most important institution in keeping the power was the Secret Police (Securitate), which exercised a strict control over the Churches, including the Hungarian Reformed Church. The Securitate was mostly interested in the foreign contacts of the church. After the Second World War the Reformed Church has kept its contacts with the Reformed Churches in Hungary, as well as with many other Western European churches from the former West Germany, Holland, Switzerland, etc. The Secret Police’s purpose was to gather as many information as possible about the different contacts, and to control the whole issue.

  • Issue Year: 106/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 208-218
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Hungarian
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