Szentmártoni Bodó János Dialogismusának (RMK I 1333) nyomában. Az elveszett nyomtatvány szegedi töredékmásolatáról
Searching for the Dialogismus of János Szentmártoni Bodó: the Copy of the Lost Book in Szeged

Summary/Abstract: János Szentmártoni Bodó (†1648), who is sometimes remembered as the first poet celebrating the merits of work, was a Unitarian minister and poet; many biographies have been written about him. Th is article provides some new details of his life. Szentmártoni Bodó was born in Dicsőszentmárton (Târnăveni), and his son was born after 1619. János Szentmártoni Bodó was also present at the 1624 visitation in Aranyosszék, where he wrote most of his works. One of his works, the Dialogismus has been lost, only its title is known. This work is about the death and resurrection of Christ. It was printed in 1685 in Keresd (Criș). While there is no extant copy, Lajos Dézsi (1868–1932), the literary historian of the University of Szeged, copied a fragment of the print at the beginning of the twentieth century which survives to this day. Based on this it can be established that Dialogimus was written in prose and it is not a dialogue (it looks more like a catechism). This work could have been a lengthy text with considerable literary value. Several parts of the paper suffered severe damage over the years, but fortunately, most of the letters can be inferred. Dialogismus was probably not so radical, propagating Socinianism (the most moderate Unitarian tendency), and its printing sheds light on the religious policy of Mihály Apafi the 1st (1632–1690), the Prince of Transylvania.

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