About Christian Socialism by Béla Somogyi, Népszava –Calendar, 1919. 65-70 pp.

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…the social democracy fights for the human rights, dignity, education and fair/decent bred of the working people – in one word, for the earthly happiness. But for the same reason, those who believe in afterlife and fear their own salvation should also support social democracy. The sin, the dirt of the soul, which gets one to the hell according to the believers, is mostly flourishing on the hideous dunghill of the oppression, ignorance and misery. No the prayer, no the preaching, no the different ceremonies, no the fear of devil and the wish for heaven are the means of moral improvement but the prosperity makes many sins unnecessary, the good health diminishes certain tendencies to commit sin, and the knowledge the one which reinforces our power of judgement. These keep more efficiently away the devil form us than the most sweet-smelling smoke of incense and the most compassionate preaching. Those who are teaching them to stand unjustness and to be humble, patient and obedient alienate the working class from “God” (In fact that is what clericalists are doing.). Whereas, those who are teaching them freedom, law, self-consciousness, wealth and education bring nearer up the working class to “God” (That is what social democrats are doing). 

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 Eventually the “red danger” forced clericalists to form a unified party against progression: with the help of its unified program/strategy and the enormous financial means they counteract the goals of the working class. In this way, on February 3, 1918 the two clerical factions - the people’s party and Christian Socialist party - were united.  The new party assumed the name of Christian Social People’s Party. However the brochure called “ The Christian Social mass-deceit” proved that the name-plate of the new party was simply false: since the new formation is neither Christian  -it is against the essence of Christianity-, nor social –it is antisocial -, and not even the people’s organization because it only promotes the capitalistic and clerical interests. Even Jesus said that: “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. “  (Matthew VI. 24.) But the new apostles were faithful servants of the policy of the mass-deceiver Wekerle and they preached of serving the deceived people as well. Though they only love the power and the fat job. (…) 


The Christian Social mass-deceit 
Népszava, Budapest, 1917 7-16 pp.

The name of the new party: triple deceit

Look at the nameplate!

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Well, are they following the example of Jesus Christ? Do they have right to use the cover of the religion of Jesus Christ? Can the poor people trust them if they call themselves “Christians”? (…)
I have already showed the way they are following the example of Jesus Christ by using his name. How do we stand with the disciplines of the Gospel?  Here are some of disciplines: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” (Matthew V. 3-5.) Tell me, you proletarian brother, do the masters of the new party want to succeed in this way?

Or:”… do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Are they acting in this way?

The list of disciplines could be extended even more. It is obvious that the Church and its servants are not sharing common basis with the Christianity found by Jesus. They are even against of such disciplines. At the same time they want us, poor working people to be following what the Gospel teaches us: to be humble, patient and modest. We should not claim anything for us, just to wait for the afterlife happiness and for the sake of such compensation we should refuse to have those good things in life, which are abundantly distributed among them. Why do not they set a good example? 

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Social democracy has existed only for 60 years, though class differences and class struggle existed even before. Please read the history of the following events: the Roman Empire, Christian-peasant rising against the oppressor aristocrats in the medieval age, the bloody tragedy of the people led by Dozsa, how the Hungarian abbeys of Pannonhalma and St. Benedict were viciously fighting with their peasants… There is class difference, and it divides the humanity into two parts. This led to the birth of Social Democracy, and not the Social democracy created the classes and class struggle. 

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Whilst Christian Socialism wants to overshadow the truth. It wants to cover the terrible injustice with the veil of Christian moral, in a way that enables the exploiters to continue their old doings against the people behind the veil.  Therefore for the oppressors it is not enough to have the humanity divided into tow parts, two hostile classes, they want the same proletarian class torn by denomination. Their goal is to prevent the proletarians from being united socially and to obstacle their social cooperation. (…) 


 
The Encyclopédie Socialiste on Socialism | The Chatolic Encyclopedia on Communism
Oszkár Fáber on Christian Socialism | József Csebrenyák on the History of Socialism
Béla Somogyi on Christian Socialism | Reverend Brown on Communism and Christianity