Elias Gczmidele (
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1570s) was a Polish Protestant expelled from the Hungarian Calvinist community in Cluj-Napoca in 1570. He is known only for his letter of appeal from
Kraków to
Gáspár Heltai in February 1571, preserved in the Cluj city archives. This uncharacteristic intolerant incident may be because of his view of not resisting the Ottoman Empire as "the greatest power in the world."
[Early Transylvanian antitrinitarianism (1566-1571) Mihály Balázs - 1996 "There were intolerant measures as well, such as the expelling of Elias Gczmidele and the silencing of the priest Miklos. This, however, should not diminish our appreciation for what they did. It was indeed remarkable to adhere to .. Heltai says Gczmidele preached that since the Ottoman empire was the greatest power in the world, no one could fight against it. Gczmidele claimed he had said nothing on the issue of „offices".]
References
Polish Calvinist and Reformed Christians
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