This text edition presents the opinion of the Reformed bishop, Zsigmond Eperjesi, and the eparchial notary, Máté Keresztes, in the case of Samuel Endemann. As their documents make clear, the bishop and the eparchial notary were representatives of the orthodox Reformed church, and determined supporters of the creeds of the traditional Reformed church. The letter reveals that the investigation of Endemann was initiated by the leaders of the Reformed church.
Kolumbán Vilmos József
This paper presents the apology of János Bodola, professor of Nagyenyed, accused of heresy in 1791. Like his accused associate, Bodola also dismissed the charge of heresy, but did not deny that theological thinking should be renewed. In his letter, he also rejected Arminian, Pelagian, and Universalist accusations, stood up to Samuel Endemann’s orthodoxy, and condemned the lack of consensus among the confessions.
The attack against the ideas of illumination was at the same time the last desperate attempt of the Transylvanian reformed orthodox theology at the Synod of Küküllővár in 1791, when János Zilahi Sebes and János Bodola were indicted for spreading the teachings of arminian, socionian and pelagian theology. He defended himself in an exhaustive testimony and also defended the book of the German reformed professor, Samuel Endemann, used in Transylvanian schools as manual of dogmatic theology.
The attack against the ideas of illumination was the last desperate attempt of the Transylvanian reformed orthodox theology at the Synod of Küküllővár in 1791, when János Zilahi Sebes and János Bodola were indicted for spreading the teachings of arminian, socionian and pelagian theology. He defended himself in an exhaustive testimony and also defended the book of the German reformed professor, Samuel Endemann, used in Transylvanian schools as a manual of dogmatic theology.
A protestáns nevelésről szóló tudományos irodalom egyetért azzal, hogy a református gyülekezetek közoktatási rendszerének főbb elveinek meghatározása szorosan kapcsolódik Melanchton Fülöp nevéhez. A "német elöljáró", amint ismertté vált, úgy ítélte meg, hogy az oktatás célja személyes felelősségvállalás.
Huszti Andrást, Nádudvari Pétert és Makfalvi Józsefet a szakirodalom az univerzalista tanok vagy más néven a remonstráns teológia erdélyi követőjeként tartja számon. Huszti András és Nádudvari Péter története többé-kevésbé már feldolgozott, de ezekből éppen teológiai tévelygésük pontos rekonstruálása maradt ki. Makfalvi Józsefről viszont keveset tudunk. Róla csupán néhány közlemény jelent meg, s így neve szinte ismeretlen a szakirodalomban.
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