Életmód és művelődés Veszprém megyében a 16-18. században (Veszprémi Múzeumi Konferenciák 10. 2000)

Kövy Zsolt: 17–18. századi prédikátorok Veszprém megyében

Zsolt Kövy 17

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H CENTURY PREACHERS OF VESZPRÉM COUNTY The Reformation in Hungary had made the country Protestant by the end of the 16 century. The outstanding preachers of the Hungarian word also had a permanent effect on Veszprém county. Their ministries did not only build churches, but due to their high standard, their sermons became a part of Hungarian literature. Neither the 17

th and 18 century Counter-reformation, serving in the first instance the power interests of the Viennese court, nor the 1674-1676 Bratislava administration, nor galley slavery managed to break the spiritual followers of the Reformation. Printing houses, books, churches and schools bore witness to the life force of the Reformation. The hymn writer Mihály Sztári was a minister in Pápa between 1567-1575. His Psalm translations are also considered literature. The printer Gál Huszár ministered in Pápa between 1574-1575. His printing houses in Magyaróvár and Debrecen were two great spiritual workshops of Protestant literature. In Pápa in 1577, his son Dávid Huszár printed the Hungarian translation of the Heidelberg Catechism. István Pathai was minister in Pápa between 1585-1612, in Veszprém from 1613-1624, and Bishop of Transdanubia between 1612-1628. His book on the Lord's supper, dating from 1592, was published in Pápa. János Kanizsai Pálfi was a minister in Pápa from 1612-1626, and Bishop of Transdanubia from 1629-1641. In 1617 in Pápa, he established the first presbytery. István Sellyei was a Pápa minister who suffered exile as a galley slave (1663-1692), and was Bishop of Transdanubia from 1669-1692. Jakab Csúzi Cseh was a doctor of theology. He was condemned by Bratislava. A minister in Losonc and later in Pápa. Bishop of Transdanubia between 1693-1695. He is the author of several outstanding works of theology. István Bátorkeszi was a Veszprém minister (1669-1674) who suffered a martyr's death on a Neapolitan galley. Bálint Kocsi Csergő was a minister and college professor in Pápa. He described his fate as a galley slave in the famous Narratio Brevis, which was translated into Hungarian in 1738 by Péter Bod. Sámuel 111