August 2022 has seen the 12th Scientology ordained minister in Hungary and the 8th lady this yr.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, August 17, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ An article by the Catholic Herald says that “Catholicism is a driving power in (…) nations of central and japanese Europe, comparable to Hungary and Poland, the place Catholicism is closely related to (…) freedom and democracy…”.
Different sources say that spiritual vocations and seminars in historic religions are reducing. Nonetheless, the Church of Scientology of Hungary appears to be the whole opposite, having ordained simply as much as August 2022, 12 ordained ministers, of which 8 are ladies.
This could correspond extra to the pattern introduced by Catholic Herald for a rustic like Hungary, even when the spiritual freedom practices of some officers have room for fairly some enchancment. There are studies on the UN Human Rights Council, the OSCE and different supranational organizations that present the discrimination that some minority religions nonetheless endure in Hungary.
Ivan Arjona, President of the European Workplace of the Church of Scientology for Public Affairs and Human Rights, mentioned that
“Regardless of any obstacles, Hungarians, and particularly the Scientologists, usually are not the kind of individuals who quit their freedoms and that is confirmed by the rising group of Scientologists, and within the rising variety of charitable actions of our parishioners serving to Catholics, Buddhists, Muslims, and Christians typically”.
Whereas there are several types of vocations in Scientology church buildings who dedicate their time and abilities to help their Church, ordained ministers maintain a particular place within the congregation. In reality, Arjona says, in a ever-increasing pattern, increasingly Scientologists in Hungary are selecting to study extra in regards to the spiritual and sensible teachings of Scientology “in addition to these of different most important religions, and with that make a fair better affect of their communities, by becom¡ng ordained ministers”.
This August, it was Rev. Aniko Mártonyi, in a ceremony carried out by Reverend Attila Miklovicz, who took her perpetual spiritual vows. The image of the oath for the Scientologists is seen within the eight-pointed cross of Scientology, which Miklovicz positioned round Anikó’s neck. And with this, she grew to become an ordained minister, “with all the wonder and accountability that entails in making this one a greater society for all in all places,” sentenced Miklovicz.
Aniko began finding out Scientology 5 years after she had heard of it for the primary time. She had labored alongside Scientologists and admired them enormously, nevertheless it was solely in 2011 that she determined to set out on this journey after a stranger’s recommendation. She has by no means stopped ever since.
Because of this, her life has taken, as per her assertion, “a radical flip for the higher”. This evolution had additional sped up when she not too long ago determined to start out her formation to develop into an Ordained Scientology Minister. She goals to assist these round her and encourage constructive change in anybody crossing her path, and he or she “might be doing simply that with the completely different rites and ceremonies of our faith”, mentioned the newest ordained minister of the Hungarian Scientologists.
In her message to the group through the ceremony, Rev. Mártonyi requested them to:
“Dare to look, dare to seek out out what it’s all about, even by the fog of judgement and prejudice. See for yourselves what that is all about. After which resolve whether or not it must be listened to, studied, or thrown within the bin.”
After listening to her option to observe the vocation, it turns into evident that she determined to check Scientology with an method of service and examine the opposite religions (a compulsory a part of the course to be ordained). “Information about all religions is essential and enriching,” says Arjona, confirming what Dr. Urbano Alonso Galan mentioned in a scientific report of 1996:
“As Max Muller affirmed, ‘he who is aware of just one faith is aware of none,’ which might categorical the thought with full precision.”
Alonso Galán, a Physician in Philosophy and Licentiate in Theology by the Gregorian College and Saint Bonaventure Pontifical College in Rome, additional acknowledged within the article that:
“Regardless that the founder himself [L. Ron Hubbard] locations Scientology within the custom of the oriental religions, inheritors of Buddhism and the Vedas, it however has ceremonies which to a big diploma remind one of many western religions”.
“However as a result of its custom, it possesses numerous and really private rites which, though paying homage to the Judeo-Christian custom, change into fully coherent with the physique of beliefs of Scientology” confirms this knowledgeable on faith, who had been a moderator in Ecumenical Congresses directed by the Vatican and who, on this capability, labored with Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI on spiritual issues.
