He concluded that if the divine wisdom granted to the lawmakers of the historic Transylvanian Diet is similarly bestowed upon Hungarians, Romanians, and other Central European nations, they will defend their ideals of freedom, their faith, and states.
After the event, Laszlo Kover told Hungarian public media that the 1568 law of religious freedom is a world-renowned achievement of Hungarians, one they should be justly proud of.
At the celebratory service in the Unitarian Church in Turda (Torda), Pastor Istvan Lajos Jozsa opened with a prayer, followed by a sermon by Sandor Kovacs, rector of the Protestant Theological Institute.
He noted that in 1568, the law in Torda focused on affirming not the right of individuals but the right of communities to hear God's word freely. He emphasized that the legacy of Torda teaches that tolerance does not mean abandoning faith but testifying to it.
Bishop Istvan Kovacs of the Hungarian Unitarian Church expressed gratitude for the Hungarian Parliament’s decision to make Religious Freedom Day a national day of celebration.
He underlined that divine truth became clear to the heads of Transylvanian estates when they created the law on religious freedom. Bishop Vilmos Jozsef Kolumban of the Transylvanian Reformed Church District, speaking on behalf of Protestant Churches, reminded attendees that Transylvania was once rife with religious disputes but its people eventually realized they could only build a future for all by working together. He emphasized that the resolution of the Diet of Torda is not just a glorious memorial of the past but also an assurance for the future.
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