(Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem Hittudományi Kar Egyháztörténeti Kutatóintézet, 2025) Székely Marianna
If we look at Barna Horkay’s life, we can see that the Bible, the Word of God, played a central role in his life from a very young age, especially after his coming to live faith. Therefore, after he was tried by an atheist, religiously oppressive power and then sentenced to prison in a camp, one of the most severe sentences for him, in addition to exile, starvation, cold and hard physical labor, was the prohibition of the use of the Holy Scriptures. He had to go without the Bible for many months before he was able to read it again, thousands of miles away from home, thanks to his wife’s ingenuity. Even after being released from the camp, it was a matter of his heart that in a country where the publication and use of religious books is prohibited, the Reformed people could get a Bible with the help of foreign supporters.