Petrőczi Éva: Holt költők társaságában. A Puritanizmuskutató Intézet és a Medgyesi Pál Puritán Kiskönyvtár emlékére - Nemzet, egyház, művelődés 9. (Sárospatak, 2014)
István Czeglédi, the Martyr-Preacher of Kassa and a Faithful Student of the Netherlands
PETRŐCZI ÉVA: HOLT KÖLTŐK TÁRSASÁGÁBAN man stock “Hauptkämpfer für die calvinische Orthodoxie” — “Chief fighter of the Calvinist Orthodoxy.”289 Under the surveillance of Spanheim, in July 1645, Czeglédi wrote a short, but remarkable dissertation on the basic differences between the Calvinist and the Lutheran theory and practice of the Holy Supper.290 These first “germs” of István Czeglédi’s polemic efforts can be found only in the archive of the Hungarian National Museum. It is consisted of 17 uncounted pages and is dedicated to his patron, Gábor Harthay of Kis- harta, to his Father, István Czeglédi, reformed pastor of Visk, to László Sz- tárai, sub-prefect of county Zemplén, and János Soos of Sóvár, sub-prefect of county Sáros. (Both in the region of North-Hungary!) Unfortunately, István Czeglédi’s dissertation, or just his very name didn’t appear in the material of the otherwise very significant conference and exhibition in Amsterdam, entitled: “Hungary at sea. Hungarian Cultural Festival in the Netherlands”. The results of these academic efforts appeared in a small book only two years later, but the person we speak about now, „Stephanus Czeglédi is painfully missing from this very informative English-German booklet which had a wide international reception.291 What can be in the background of this hiatus, in István Czeglédi’s not being present in the material of the exhibition and in its written material? One thing is sure: the answer can’t be found in the lack of intensive publishing activity of István Czeglédi, nor in the “paleness”, the neutral or even uninteresting tone and (none of these negative features can be found in his books!) diction of his ardent, attacking and colourful theological works. We may risk the supposition: perhaps his extremely long stay at the athenaeum of Deventer, ant not at any of the leading Dutch universities could be the cause of this neglection. Anyhow, though István Czeglédi doesn’t appear in this important booklet, the words of one of its authors, Katalin Berkes is worth quoted: “It is impossible to adequately emphasize the significance of Holland in 17th-century Europe. Holland was the only country, where freedom of thought was 289 Paul Tschackert, Friedrich Spanheim — http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz26781. html (Megtekintés: 2014. február 14.); Knipscheer, Spanheim, Frederik - http://www. dbnl.org/tekst/molh003nieul0_01/molh003nieul0_01_1439.php (Megtekintés: 2014. február 14.) 290 Czeglédi István 1645. 291 Monok—Postma 2006. 136
