Ferenc Dávid (also rendered as ''Francis David'' or ''Francis Davidis''; born as Franz David Hertel, – 15 November 1579) was a preacher and
theologian
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from
Transylvania
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, the founder of the
Unitarian Church of Transylvania, and the leading figure of the
Nontrinitarian Christian movements during the
Protestant Reformation.
He disputed the
mainstream Christian
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doctrine of the
Trinity, believing
God
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to be one and indivisible.
Studying
Catholic theology in
Wittenberg
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and in
Frankfurt an der Oder
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, he was first ordained as a
Roman Catholic priest
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, later he became a
Lutheran
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minister and then a
Calvinist
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bishop
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in the
Principality of Transylvania. Throughout his career as a Christian theologian and professor, Dávid learnt the teachings and practices of the
Roman Catholic
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and
Magisterial Protestant
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churches, but later rejected several of them and came to embrace
Unitarianism
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.
Life
Early life
Ferenc Dávid was born in Kolozsvár,
Hungary
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(present-day
Cluj-Napoca
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, Romania), to a
Transylvanian Saxon father (David Hertel, who worked as a
tanner) and to a
Hungarian mother. The Hertel/Herthel family was an old
Transylvanian Saxon aristocratic family of
Kolozsvár. In
Latin
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and
Hungarian he used his name as ''Francis Davidis'' or ''Dávid Ferenc'' after his father's forename ''David''. He had at least three brothers: Gregor, Peter and Nikolaus. Peter and Gregor inherited the job of their father in the guild.
Gáspár Heltai, the father of Peter's wife Borbála, was a
Protestant Reformer,
Lutheran
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and later
Unitarian minister, translator, outstanding author of the
Hungarian late
Renaissance
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era. He owned the
paper mill and the
press of
Kolozsvár where several religious and scientific books were made in
Hungarian and
German.
Ferenc Dávid was raised
Catholic
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. After finishing his studies in the High School of
Kolozsvár (today
Cluj Napoca, Romania) he went to the
Holy Roman Empire
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to study
Catholic theology first at the
University of Wittenberg and then later at the
Alma Mater Viadrina (
University of Frankfurt an der Oder) where he became a Catholic parson.
Lutheranism
In 1542 the
Lutheran
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reformator,
Johannes Honterus introduced the
Lutheran
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doctrines to the citizens of Kolozsvár. After arriving back in
Transylvania
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Ferenc Dávid joined the
Lutheran
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wing of the
Reformation
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where he became a
minister and then a Lutheran bishop. He worked as headmaster of the
Gymnasium of
Beszterce (today
Bistrița, Romania), then as
Lutheran
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pastor in
Petres (today
Cetate, Romania), later headmaster of the
Gymnasium of
Kolozsvár and from 1555 chief pastor of
Kolozsvár (today
Cluj Napoca, Romania).
On 1 June 1557 the
Diet of Torda (National Assembly) stated that 'everybody should live in a belief that he or she wants if it is done without the distrust of another' which meant for the population of the
Principality of Transylvania that it became allowed to practise not just the
Roman Catholic
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, but the
Lutheran
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religion.
Calvinism
In 1559 he entered the
Reformed Church where he was elected bishop of the
Hungarian churches in Transylvania and he was also the appointed court preacher to
János Zsigmond Zápolya,
Prince of Transylvania. The prince allowed him to research in the royal library and to work in the royal court on his theological theses.
Unitarianism
After the
Battle of Mohács the political instability, the weakening of the
Roman Catholic
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denomination (continuous expansion of the
Ottoman Empire
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,
heretic movements in
Transylvania
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especially of
Arianism
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,
Bogumilism etc.) prepared the way for the new ideas of the
Reformation
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. A well known
Italian antitrinitarian,
Giorgio Biandrata moved to
Transylvania
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in 1563 into the royal court of
John II Sigismund Zápolya and became his own doctor. Biandrata co-operated with Ferenc Dávid on theological works.
Dávid's discussion of the
Holy Trinity began in 1565, with doubts of the personality of the
Holy Spirit
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, because he could find no scriptural basis for the doctrine of the Trinity. One of his main points against the existence of the Holy Trinity was that which the
Arians during the early ages of
Christianity
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liked to refer to – it does not come up in the
Bible
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. He was influenced by the
antitrinitarian and
humanist
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views of
Michael Servetus and
Giovanni Valentino Gentile.
Together with
Giorgio Biandrata he published polemical writings against
Trinitarian belief, particularly ''De falsa et vera unius Dei Patris, Filii et Spiritus Sancti cognitione'' which is largely a summarized version of
Servetus's ''Christianismi Restitutio''. But in 1578 the collaboration broke up as Biandrata was charged with immorality. An important difference between the views of the two theologians was that Ferenc Dávid became a
nonadorant which meant that he renounced the necessity of invoking Christ in prayers.
Working in the royal court, he convinced the prince about his point of view on religion, so that
John II Sigismund Zápolya accepted his theses and became the first
Unitarian ruler. In 1567 John II Sigismund Zápolya allowed him to use his press in
Gyulafehérvár (today
Alba Iulia, Romania) to propagate the religion.
Edict of Torda (1568)
The aim of his life as Ferenc Dávid wrote was 'the restoration of the pure Christianity of Jesus' which meant for him the search for the truth in the whole freedom of thought. So he sought to persuade the prince,
John II Sigismund Zápolya and several people in important positions to reach an agreement between the opposite sides of the religious debate. His attempts were successful.
Between 6 and 13 January 1568 on the Diet of Torda the assembled representatives of the
Hungarian nobility, the
Szeklers, the
Transylvanian Saxons and the royal court of the
Principality of Transylvania proclaimed the
Edict of Torda
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which included – as first in Europe – the practising and propagation of the ''recepta religio''s (allowed religions) which were the
Roman Catholic
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, the
Lutheran
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, the
Calvinist
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and the
Unitarian. This order can be seen as the first law for the 'freedom of religion'. In the three lawful nations of
Transylvania
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, the four lawfully allowed religions could have an ecclesiastical, political and public law system under the Constitution of the Principality of Transylvania. From that moment on, the constitution enacted the equal rights of the three nations and the four religions.
Prison and death

In 1571,
John II Sigismund Zápolya was succeeded by
István Báthory, a
Roman Catholic
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, and the policy shifted toward persecution of the new religious institutions. In the same year the new ruler took the press of
Gyulafehérvár back from the
Unitarians. On the Diet of 1572 in
Marosvásárhely (today
Târgu Mureș, Romania) the religious laws were strengthened, but it declared the prohibition of the changing of religion. When, under the influence of
Johannes Sommer, rector of the
Gymnasium of Kolozsvár, Dávid denied the necessity of invoking
Jesus Christ
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in prayer (about 1572), the attempted mediation of
Faustus Socinus, upon Blandrata's request, was unsuccessful. Ferenc Dávid was sentenced to life imprisonment in
Déva,
Principality of Transylvania (today
Deva
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, Romania), and died there in 1579. The ruins of the prison site in the city now hold a memorial for him.
Lukas Trauzner
After the death of Ferenc David, Lukas Trauzner, his son-in-law, wrote together with Miklós Bogáti Fazekas, Bernard Jacobinus (father of
János Jacobinus) and the sons of Ferenc Dávid the ''Defensio Francisci Davidis in negotio de non invocando Jesu Christo in precibus'' (Basel, 1581) and were part of the inner opposition of the moderate
Unitarianism
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movement of
Demeter Hunyadi. Lukas Trauzner was sentenced to jail in 1579 because of his
Sabbatarian-
Unitarian beliefs. But after 1582 the political pressure eased. Lukas Trauzner and Gabriel Haller went to Vienna in 1598 in legation. The imperial commissioners described Trauzner as
Sabbatarian and Haller as
Arianist. Later he was active in the political negotiations between
Transylvania
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and Austria. In 1603 he was a dedicated follower of the prince,
Mózes Székely. He as a
Unitarian undertook in the name of the prince to get the citizens of
Beszterce into submission. After the defeat of
Mózes Székely started the reign of
Giorgio Basta in
Kolozsvár who captured the royal judge, Mihály Tótházi and without a sentence beheaded him. Lukas Trauzner had to go to jail for two months, but by leaving the
Unitarian Church and by apostasy he could get free. He lived from then on as a
Catholic
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and but stayed as an active member of the mostly
Unitarian Transylvanian Saxon community in
Kolozsvár until his death.
Beliefs
Christology
Scholars still have to address fully Ferenc Dávid's Hungarian works for a satisfactory assessment of his beliefs.
Invocation controversy
In his early years as a Nontrinitarian, Dávid supported prayer to Christ, as can be seen in his answer to
Péter Melius Juhász, the ''Refutatio scripti Petri Melii'' ('Refutation of the writings of Péter Méliusz', Alba Iulia, 1567).
[Andrews, James ''Ferenc Dávid and the search for Bible truth in Transylvania'' 2010 Lulu] In his later years Dávid adopted the radical,
nonadorant view of
Jacob Palaeologus, that Christ should not be invoked in prayer, but that prayer should be directed only to God the Father. According to Ferenc David, Jesus is understood as a human being.
Virgin birth
After leaving Calvinism, Dávid adopted the view of
Laelio Sozzini that the existence of Christ began when he was conceived by the Virgin Mary through the operation of the Holy Spirit.
By 1578, it would appear that Dávid had come to adopt the view that Jesus was the literal son of Joseph. However some historians dispute this and argue that he believed in the virgin birth until the day of his death. Certainly these skeptical views were not held by the Unitarian Church of Transylvania in his lifetime, nor included in the later
Hungarian Unitarian statement of faith of David's successor
Mihály Lombard de Szentábrahám. Such views were, however, held by sympathizers of the Polish
Symon Budny.
Controversy
His main antagonists in public disputations were the Calvinist leader
Péter Melius Juhász and
Antitrinitarian Giorgio Blandrata.
Personal life
He married twice. The name of his first wife is unknown, she died in 1570 in
Kolozsvár. His second wife was Kata Barát, the daughter of István Barát (Stephan Münich), melodist and the chief judge of
Kolozsvár. This marriage lasted from 1572 just two years.
He had four children:
* Käthe (1557/1560–?), the wife of Lukas Trauzner, the treasurer of the furrier guild of
Kolozsvár (today
Cluj Napoca, Romania)
* David (1560 – 27 March 1582), theologian,
Unitarian minister who studied at the
University of Basel in
Basel
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, Switzerland between 1578 and 1580
* Sophia, wife of
Johann Sommer (1542–1572) theologian,
Unitarian minister, humanist writer (according to
Johann Seivert)
* Johannes, doctor in
Kolozsvár (today
Cluj Napoca, Romania) (c. 1565 – ?)
Influence
Influence in Hungary and Transylvania
After his death Dávid came to be counted as, and honoured as, the first in the line of Hungarian Unitarian bishops based in Kolozsvár (Cluj). His writings continued to be published, and other recollections written down and collected, up to the time of
Mihály Lombard de Szentábrahám.
Influence of Ferenc Dávid in England and America
English-speaking Unitarianism was largely unaware of Dávid. Most of the Unitarian writings which came via Amsterdam to England were of authors of the
Polish Brethren, not Hungarians, as in the ''
Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum quos Unitarios vocant'' (or "Library of the Polish Brethren called Unitarians") of which Locke, Voltaire and Newton owned copies. The works of Dávid and
György Enyedi's were not reprinted in the 17th century. It was the visit of
Sándor Bölöni Farkas to Britain and America from 1830 to 1832, which made English speaking Unitarians aware of the continued existence of Hungarian Unitarians – and following that, of the legacy of Ferenc Dávid.
The
Unitarian Universalist author John A. Buehrens (1989) attributes to Ferenc Dávid the statement, "We need not think alike to love alike". The phrase is cited also in ''Our Historic Faith'' by Mark W. Harris and in the 1993 Unitarian Universalist Hymnal ''Singing the Living Tradition'' in reading #566, which is a compilation of quotes by David, compiled by Rev. Richard Fewekes, but the source for this is not given in either case. The phrase is given in no source prior to Buehren's book. In an article published by UU World, "Who Really Said That?" Peter Hughes claims that there is no evidence that Dávid actually said this. He attributes the quote to Methodist founder
John Wesley
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, who asked in a sermon on "Catholic Spirit," "Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike?"
Works
Works of Dávid, and of the Unitarian Church.
* 1550 ''Elegia, Scripta ad Eximium D. Franciscum, I. V. Doctorem, ac Vicarium Ecclesiae Albensis in Transsylvania... Maecenatem suum semper colendum.''
* 1555 ''Dialysis Scripti Stancari Contra Primum Articulum Synodi Szekiensis, qui de doctrina controvertitur, conscripta.'' Cluj-Napoca, 1555.
* 1556 ''Responsum ministrorum Ecclesiae Colosvariensis ad scripta varia Martini a Calmancha in Causa Coena Domini edita Colosvarini. Anno 1556. die 25. Julii.''
* 1557 ''Consensus Doctrinae De Sacramentis Christi'' Claudiopoli, 1557.
* 1558 ''Acta Synodi Pastorum Ecclesiae Nationis Hungaricae in Transylvania... Anno 1558. in oppido Thorda celebratae. U. ott, 1558.''
* 1559 ''Az Vrnac Vaczoraiarol Valo közenséges keresztyéni vallas.'' Colosvarot, 1559.
* 1559 ''Defensio Orthodoxae Sententiae de Coena Domini'' (Kolozsvár), 1559.
* 1556 ''Scriptum Francisci Davidis anno Domini 1566.'' (Lampe, Hist. Eccl. Hungar. 152–154. l.)
* ''Ejudem Francisci Davidis Responsio ad Argumenta, quibus Hypostasin Spiritus Sancti Petrus Caroli stabilivit.'' (Lampe, Hist. Eccl. Hungar. 154–158. l.)
* 1566 ''Propositiones in Disputatione Albensi coram Regia Maiestate a D. Georgio Blandrata et Francisco Davidis propositae Limitationi Ministrorum, qui ex Ecclesiis Hungaricis Disputationi interfuerunt.'' Kolozsvár, 1566.
* 1566 ''Catechismus Ecclesiarum Dei in natione Hungarica per Transilvaniam.'' Claudiopoli, 1566.
* 1566 ''Disputatio prima Albana seu Albensis, habita 1566.'' 24. Febr. U. ott, 1566.
* 1567 ''De Falsa et Vera Vnius Dei Patris, Filii, et Spiritvs Sancti Cognitione Libri Dvo. Albae Juliae,'' 1567.
* 1567 ''Rövid Magyarazat mikeppen az Antichristvs, az igaz Istenről valo tudomant meg homalositotta... Albae Juliae,'' 1567.
* ''Rövid Utmutatás az Istennec igeienec igaz ertelmere, mostani szent Haromsagrol tamadot vetélkedesnec meg feytesere es itelesere hasznos es szükseges'', Albae Juliae, 1567
* ''Refvtatio Scripti Petri Melii, quo nomine Synodi Debrecinae docet Johoualitatem, et trinitarium Deum Patriarchis, Prophetis, et Apostolis incognitum''. Albae Juliae, 1567.
* ''Demonstratio Falsitatis Doctrinae Petri Melii, et reliquorum Sophistarum per Antitheses una cum refutatione Antitheseon veri et Turcici Christi, nunc primum Debrecini impressarum... Albae Juliae (1568.)''
* ''Refutatio Propositionum Petri Melii non inquirendae Veritatis ergo sed ad contendendum propositarum, ad indictam Synodum Varadinam 22. Augusti Anno 1568.''
* ''Theses Thordae Disputandae ad XIII Diem Nouembris, et in Synodo Varadina die 22''. Augusti publicatae. U. ott. (Névtelenűl.)
* ''Literae convocatoriae ad Seniores Ecclesiarum Svperioris et Inferioris Pannoniae ad indictam Synodum Thordanam ad tertium Marty diem, additis Thesibus ibidem disputandis.'' U. ott, 1568.
* Aequipollentes ex Scriptura Phrases de Christo Filio Dei ex Maria Nato Figuratae... U. ott, 1568.
* Antithesis Pseudochristi cum vero illo ex Maria Nato. U. ott, 1568.
* Az Szent Irasnac Fvndamentamabol vött Magyarazat az Jesus Cristusrol es az ő igaz istensegeről. U. ott, 1568.
* De Mediatoris Jesv Christi hominis Divinitate, Aequalitateque libellus. U. ott, 1568.
* Brevis Enarratio Dispvtationis Albanae de Deo Trino, et Christo Dvplici coram Serenissimo Principe, et tota Ecclesia decem diebus habita. U. ott, 1568.
* De Regno Christi Liber primus. De Regno Antichristi Liber secundus. Accessit Tractatus de Paedobaptismo, et Circumcisione. U. ott, 1569.
* Propositiones Francisci Davidis ex Ungarico Sermone in Latinum conversae et in eadem Synodo Varadiensi (Ao 1569.) exhibitae.
* Az Váradi Disputacionac avagy vetelkedesnec, az egy Attya Istenről es annac Fiaról, az Jesus Cristusról és a szent Lélekről igazán valo elő számlalássa. Kolozsvár, 1569.
* Első Resze az szent irasnac külön külön reszeiből vöt predicaciocnac az atya istenről, ennek kedig az ő fiaról az Ihesvs Christvsrol, es az mi öröcseguncnec peczetiről az szent lelekről. Gyula-Fehérvár, 1569.
* Refutatio Scripti Georgii Maioris, in quo Devm trinvm in personis, et vnvm in Essentia: Vnicvm deinde eius Filium in persona, et duplicem in naturis, ex lacunis Antichristi probate conatus est. (Kolozsvár), 1569.
* Könyvetske Az igaz Kerestyéni Keresztségről, es a Pápa Antichristusnac Maymozássaról... Kolozsvár, 1570.
Responsio Pastorum ac Ministrorum Ecclesiarum in Transsylvania, quae vnvm Deum Patrem Christi Jesum Christum filium Dei crucifixum vnvmqu. amborum spiritum confitentur U. ott, 1570.
Az Egy ő magatol való Felséges Istenről, es az ő igaz Fiarol, a Nazareti Jesusrol, az igaz Messiasrol, A szent irásból vöt vallástéttel U. ott, 1571.
* Az egy Attya Istennec, es az ő aldot szent fianac, az Jesus Christusnac Istenségekről igaz vallastéttel... U. ott, 1571.
* Literae Convocatoriae, una cum Propositionibus in Synodo Vasarhellyina disputandis ad diem XX. Mensis Septembris, hujus Anni 1571. U. ott.
* Libellus Parvus, XXX Thesibus Blandratae oppositus, in quo disseritur Jesum Christum vocari nunc non posse Deum, cum non sit verus Deus... U. ott, 1578.
* Confessio Francisci Davidis de Jesu Christo quam ex carcere exhibuit. Regnicolis, paulo ante mortem Thordae, in Transylvania, in conuentu regni 17. April. Anno 1570.
* Isteni dicsiretek, imádságos és vigasztaló énekek. (1575)
[Ism. Keresztény Magvető VI. 94–107. I. V. Nagy János.]
Literature
* KERESZTÉNY MAGVETÕ – ÚJABB ADATOK DÁVID FERENC CSALÁDJÁRÓL ÉS NEMZETISÉGÉRŐL – Series 78 /Part 1 (1972.)
* Dr. György Boros – Dávid Ferenc theológiája.
References
External links
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ttps://web.archive.org/web/20051026174200/http://w3.enternet.hu/sandor64/cffr/enyedi/enyedi-eng.htm Principles for Survival of Unitarianism in György Enyedi’s Sermons.br>
Unitarian Universalist Origins: Our Historic Faith by Mark W. Harris
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