The Visit of Abraham Kuyper to Bucharest, Budapest and the Burning of His Books Translated to Hungarian at Cluj in 1962 Cover Image

Kuyper Ábrahám egykori látogatása Bukarestben, Budapesten és magyarra fordított műveinek 1962-es elégetése Kolozsváron
The Visit of Abraham Kuyper to Bucharest, Budapest and the Burning of His Books Translated to Hungarian at Cluj in 1962

Author(s): János Hermán M.
Subject(s): History of Church(es), Theology and Religion
Published by: Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület
Keywords: Abraham Kuyper’s travels to Romania and Hungary; László Horváth

Summary/Abstract: Abraham Kuyper’s travels to Romania (1905) and Hungary (1916) is not widely known. In his travel book entitled Om de oude Wereld-zee (Around the Ancient World Sea), he describes his traveling around the Mediterranean Sea. The first chapter of his book outlines the threats coming from Asia and an analysis of Islam. The book also contains sixty pages about Romania in which Kuyper compares Romania to Belgium. Kuyper was also received by the Romanian royal family. He foresees a great future for the Romanian people, even though they do not excel in practicing their orthodox faith.

  • Issue Year: 110/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 379-438
  • Page Count: 60
  • Language: Hungarian