In this Wretched City of Ours... Cover Image

E’ mi nyomorúlt várasunkban…
In this Wretched City of Ours...

One of the Prayers of the András Losonczi Collection (1660–1663) and Its Liturgical Background

Author(s): Csaba Fekete
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion
Published by: Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület
Keywords: András Losonczi;prayer book;Turkish occupation;

Summary/Abstract: Many students edited his own manuscript collection of thanksgiving prayers and supplications for liturgical use in village congregations during the centuries of Turkish occupation of Hungary. Andreas Losonczi as a refugee student also did so in 1660–1663. Ten items of his collection invoking for the Fatherland and Christianity survived in manuscript form. One of these daily prayers are republished here as critical edition. Earlier it appeared as part of the Danube Liturgy book (Agendarius) of 1653 by super intendent G. K. Paksi (about 1615–1651/1652). This book was manufactured at Várad (Varadinum, Großwardein, now Oradea in Romania) by the puritan printer A.Sz. Kertész

  • Issue Year: 102/2009
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 432-438
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Hungarian