Protestantism in Hungary and Transylvania - James Aitken Wylie

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introduction of Luther's tracts and hymns by the German soldiers, who came to fight in the Hungarian armies against the Turk, the free civil constitution of the kingdom -- all helped to prepare the soil for the reception of the Reformation. Priests in different parts of the land, who had groaned under the yoke of the hierarchy, appeared all at once as preachers of the Reformed faith. "The Living Word, coming from hearts warmed by conviction, produced a wondrous effect, and in a short time whole parishes, villages, and towns -- yes, perhaps the half of Hungary, declared for the Reformation."[1] In 1523 we find Grynaeus and Viezheim both in the Academy of Ofen (Buda-Pesth), in Hungary, teaching the doctrines of Luther. Two years afterwards we find them in exile -- the former in Basle, teaching philosophy; and the latter at Wittemberg, as professor of Greek. John Henkel, the friend of Erasmus, and the chaplain of Queen Mary -- the sister of Charles V, and wife of Louis II -- was a friend of the Gospel, and he won over the queen to the same side. We have already met 4
her at the Diet at Augsburg, and seen her using her influence with her brother, the emperor, in behalf of the Protestants. She always carried about with her a Latin New Testament, which was afterwards found to be full of annotations in her own handwriting. In several of the free cities, and among the Saxons of Transylvania, the reception given to the Reformed doctrines was instant and cordial. Merchants and hawkers brought the writings of Luther to Hermanstadt. The effect which their perusal produced was greatly deepened by the arrival of two monks from Silesia, converts of Luther, who, joined by a third, John Surdaster, preached, sometimes in the open air, at other times in the Elizabethan church, to great crowds of citizens, including the members of the town council. After dismissing their congregations they held catechizings in the public squares and marketplaces. Thus was the fire kindled in the heart of the mountains of Transylvania. Many of the citizens began to scoff at the Popish ceremonies. "Do our priests suppose God to be blind," said they, when 5
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Hapsburg, on condition of religious
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eginning of the business on occasio
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almost banished, by the manner in w
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Chapter 4 Leopold I and the Jesuits
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count. Hommono's example was follow
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ox than for the throne. While yet a
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alchemy, and divination furnished h
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ferocious man stood up at the head
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fled on the approach of the militar
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turning pale, immediately retired.[
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The corporate trades of Raab and ot
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enacted toleration, and threatened
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hour were darkened to Austria. On t
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The Jesuits, who inspired the royal
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would hasten to report what he had
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ought, and from that hour the king
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Hardly had the scaffolds of the mag
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The old man was put into a cart and
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een invincible before the terrible
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out the sentences, judged that thei
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far answer the ends of their persec
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wished that their persecutors would
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succeeded in making their escape, a
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Hungarian pastern still continued f
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"Putting their lives in their hands
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