Religious Issue and the Initial Period of the Reformation in Košice
Religious Issue and the Initial Period of the Reformation in Košice
Author(s): Peter FedorčákSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Christian Theology and Religion, History, Social Sciences, Cultural history, History of Church(es), Comparative history, Ethnohistory, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Social history, Modern Age, Theology and Religion, 16th Century, Other Christian Denominations, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach
Keywords: Kingdom of Hungary; Košice; 16th century; Reformation; Religiousness;
Summary/Abstract: The history of Košice in the 16th century exemplifies a Micro History of the Reformation including all local particularities. The three persons from the church background in the town represent three characteristic types and three developmental phases of initial period of the Reformation in Košice. During this time the initiative shifted from clergy to the city council, which unprecedentedly extended his competence into theology and mainly liturgy. At the same time, contact with other towns in the region and also with Wittenberg was reinforced due to the correct interpretation of reformation teachings. At that time, the city council presented itself as a competent institution with the right and the duty to uphold the responsibility for religious issues also in theological meaning.
Journal: The City and History (Mesto a dejiny until 2019)
- Issue Year: 1/2012
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 34-38
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English