„De ezek mind Unitáriusok.” Unitáriusok és hittételeik Hermányi Dienes József műveiben
“But they are all Unitarians”. Unitarians and Their Beliefs in the Works of József Hermányi Dienes

Summary/Abstract: This article continues the research published in issue nr. 2022/1. József Hermányi Dienes (1699–1763), a Reformed (Calvinist) preacher from Nagyenyed, came into contact with members of the Unitarian Church and Unitarian doctrines on several occasions during his career. His best-known work, the Nagyenyedi Demokritus (Democritus of Nagyenyed), contains Unitarian-related stories. The previous study examined how József Hermányi Dienes mentioned the Transylvanian Unitarians in Nagyenyedi Demokritus, his famous collection of anecdotes. This article provides further data on the relationship between Hermányi Dienes and the Transylvanian Unitarians by examining the author’s other works, such as the Nagy Enyedi Eklésiának Papjai (Ministers of the Nagyenyed Ecclesia), his Emlékirat (Memoirs) and his two manuscript volumes of sermons. These texts contain several mentions of Unitarians, their beliefs and the Calvinist interpretation of these beliefs. Hermányi Dienes enjoys narrating his father’s and grandfather’s controversies against Unitarians and he also argues with the Unitarian beliefs in his own sermons. The article presents references to Unitarians and Unitarian-related citations in Hermányi’s texts.

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