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Jurnal teologic, Vol. 17/1, 2018
The ideas of protestant Reformation were spread in Banat in the middle of the XVIth century. The ... more The ideas of protestant Reformation were spread in Banat in the middle of the XVIth century. The Reformation stimulated, in the Romanians in the banat of Lugoj and Caransebes, the translation of the holy books in the national language. From the point of view of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, in the seventeenth century, the Romanian-Calvinist communities in Banat, Hunedoara and Haţeg were under the direct authority of the Transylvanian Reformed Episcopate, based in Cluj.
Only two Romanian Calvinist churches were founded in Banat, in the towns of Lugoj and Caransebes, the villages having remained in the Orthodox religion. We know from the sources the name of some Calvinist preachers of Lugoj and Caransebes. In the second half of the XVIth century, Stefan Herce was practicing as Calvinist pastor in Caransebes, and in Lugoj Moise Pestisel; in 1600, Paul Kovacshazi was pastor in Lugoj “Lugosi predicator”; in 1640-1658 Stefan Fogarasi, an important man of culture who translated songs taken from the psalms and a catechism according to the version of Alstedius for the Calvinist school of the Romanians in Lugoj and Caransebes, was at the leadership of the Romanian-Calvin community of Lugoj.
In the Transylvanian settlements where Calvinists and Orthodox Romanian faithful lived together, a special phenomenon occurred, especially for the Hunedoara county, namely the common use of places of worship and cemeteries such as Haţeg, Densuş, Sânămăria Orlea, Rapoltu Mare and so on . The cult buildings were used alternately by the two religious communities, with the mention that the icons were turned face to the wall in the days when the locality served the reformed community. The Hautean communities served as reformed pastors, Archimandrite Haniedoara's archpriest, John Viski from Orlea Sântămăria, etc.
In Banat, in the times of the two princes Rackozi, Calvinism enjoyed the support of the ban Acatiu Barcsai, who also financed the publishing of some books of Calvinist structure in Romanian. With al the efforts made during the years, the calvinization of the Romanian church in Banat failed as the Calvinist communities in Lugoj and Caransebes crushed after the region got in 1658 under Turkish domination.
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Only two Romanian Calvinist churches were founded in Banat, in the towns of Lugoj and Caransebes, the villages having remained in the Orthodox religion. We know from the sources the name of some Calvinist preachers of Lugoj and Caransebes. In the second half of the XVIth century, Stefan Herce was practicing as Calvinist pastor in Caransebes, and in Lugoj Moise Pestisel; in 1600, Paul Kovacshazi was pastor in Lugoj “Lugosi predicator”; in 1640-1658 Stefan Fogarasi, an important man of culture who translated songs taken from the psalms and a catechism according to the version of Alstedius for the Calvinist school of the Romanians in Lugoj and Caransebes, was at the leadership of the Romanian-Calvin community of Lugoj.
In the Transylvanian settlements where Calvinists and Orthodox Romanian faithful lived together, a special phenomenon occurred, especially for the Hunedoara county, namely the common use of places of worship and cemeteries such as Haţeg, Densuş, Sânămăria Orlea, Rapoltu Mare and so on . The cult buildings were used alternately by the two religious communities, with the mention that the icons were turned face to the wall in the days when the locality served the reformed community. The Hautean communities served as reformed pastors, Archimandrite Haniedoara's archpriest, John Viski from Orlea Sântămăria, etc.
In Banat, in the times of the two princes Rackozi, Calvinism enjoyed the support of the ban Acatiu Barcsai, who also financed the publishing of some books of Calvinist structure in Romanian. With al the efforts made during the years, the calvinization of the Romanian church in Banat failed as the Calvinist communities in Lugoj and Caransebes crushed after the region got in 1658 under Turkish domination.
Only two Romanian Calvinist churches were founded in Banat, in the towns of Lugoj and Caransebes, the villages having remained in the Orthodox religion. We know from the sources the name of some Calvinist preachers of Lugoj and Caransebes. In the second half of the XVIth century, Stefan Herce was practicing as Calvinist pastor in Caransebes, and in Lugoj Moise Pestisel; in 1600, Paul Kovacshazi was pastor in Lugoj “Lugosi predicator”; in 1640-1658 Stefan Fogarasi, an important man of culture who translated songs taken from the psalms and a catechism according to the version of Alstedius for the Calvinist school of the Romanians in Lugoj and Caransebes, was at the leadership of the Romanian-Calvin community of Lugoj.
In the Transylvanian settlements where Calvinists and Orthodox Romanian faithful lived together, a special phenomenon occurred, especially for the Hunedoara county, namely the common use of places of worship and cemeteries such as Haţeg, Densuş, Sânămăria Orlea, Rapoltu Mare and so on . The cult buildings were used alternately by the two religious communities, with the mention that the icons were turned face to the wall in the days when the locality served the reformed community. The Hautean communities served as reformed pastors, Archimandrite Haniedoara's archpriest, John Viski from Orlea Sântămăria, etc.
In Banat, in the times of the two princes Rackozi, Calvinism enjoyed the support of the ban Acatiu Barcsai, who also financed the publishing of some books of Calvinist structure in Romanian. With al the efforts made during the years, the calvinization of the Romanian church in Banat failed as the Calvinist communities in Lugoj and Caransebes crushed after the region got in 1658 under Turkish domination.