1.4.5 Did the Church Play a Role in the Fall of Communism?
Western Christian media and also some secular media have promoted the idea that the Church played a major and active role in the bringing down of the communist regimes of Eastern Europe. This ‘generous’ theory has made communists more suspicious of Christianity, now perceived as a serious threat, and has led to even more persecution for churches still living under communist regimes.
It is our conviction, however, that this idea is simply a myth. It is an undeniable fact that the church did not play any role in the fall of communism in Russia, Bulgaria, Albania or Hungary. Furthermore, it played only a minor role in the anti-communist upheavals in Romania and Czechoslovakia. It was only in Poland and East Germany that the church played any significant role in the fall of communist regimes, and these were the exceptions rather than the norm.
Probabil c-asa a fost… Fara biserica insa, comunismul ar fi patruns mai adinc in Romania si ar fi stat mai mult, cred eu.
-Interesant e ca Revolutia a pornit la Tmisoara de la Tokes. Nu-mi place de el si s-ar putea sa fi fost instigata. Totusi, nevasta-mea alti tineri romani pocaiti s-au dus sa-i colinde pt ca au auzit ca se colinda si evident la comnunisti nu le placea. Grupa lu’ nevasta-mea nu era angajata de nimeni. Isntinctul crestinesc i-a facut sa se alature ungurilor cu care n-aveau nimic de-a face. Sigur ca Tokes a fost doar scinteia…
By: Doru Radu on 3 December 2009
at 7:37 pm