Egyháztörténeti Szemle 14. (2013)
2013 / 4. szám - SUMMARIES IN ENGLISH - Oláh Róbert: Contributions and Corrections to the Biography of Miklós Apáti Madár - Szuly Rita: Analysis of the Activity and Social Role of the 'Congregatio Agoniae Christi' in Győr between 1743 and 1753
Summaries in English Contributions and Corrections to the Biography of Miklós Apáti Madár Oláh, Róbert Miklós Apáti Madár (1662-1724), a Reformed minister is known as the representative of the Cartesian philosophy in Hungary. Investigating his readings and erudition I found inconsistency between my results and the earlier published literature. Apáti was the student of the Reformed College of Debrecen, and he studied in the universities of the Netherlands from 1685 to 1689 (Leiden, Franeker, Utrecht). His omni- arium, album amicorum and university disputations are the literary sources of his studies. Apáti was the student of the puritan professor, György Martonfalvi Tóth, the Cartesian philosopher, Márton Szilágyi Tönkő and Pál Lisznyai Kovács in Debrecen. He disputed in the university of Leiden with the lead of Christoph Wittich (1686) and Jacob Gaillard (1686, 1687). He got into connection with several scholars of the Netherlands (Pierre Poiret, Campegius Vitringa senior, Abraham van Poot and many others). Returning home he started his carreer as a minister in the court of Ferenc Galambos in Deregnyő at the end of 1690. He served as a pastor in Nagykapos (1695/1696-1698), in Dobóruszka (1698-1703/1704), in Varannó (1703/1704-1710) in Lasztóc (1710-1714), in Nagytoronya (1714-1718), and in Bodrogkeresztúr (1718/1719-1721). In the end he served in the church of the warden in Debrecen, where he died 11 November, 1724. Analysis of the Activity and Social Role of the ‘Congregatio Agoniae Christi’ in Győr between 1743 and 1753 Szuly, Rita During the eighteenth century the Society of Jesus upheld several confraternities in Győr. These confraternities were founded and systematically supported by the order. The Congregatio Agoniae Christi (operated in Győr: 1656-1784) was dedicated to Jesus Christ’s agony and Virgin Mary’s dolor in order to all the members of the Confraternity get prepared for a good death. This Confraternity was also involved in the cultural, pastoral and missionary activities of the Jesuits. Based on the Rationes of the Confraternity and many other sources, its most important function during that time, was to disseminate the new kind of piety through many ways. For instance financing social activities, charity, cultural, sponsorial aims, including publishing prints or paying for musicians and singers. During the examined period (1743- 1753) the membership of the Confraternity increased quickly and by 1780s became the most popular Confraternity in Győr. It was able to
