Franz Davidis
Franz Davidis , also Franz David or Franz David Hertel , Hungarian Dávid Ferenc (* 1510 in Cluj , † November 15, 1579 at the Déva Fortress in Transylvania ), was a Unitarian theologian and an important representative of the Reformation in Transylvania .
Life, work and aftermath
After studying at the University of Wittenberg , Davidis became a Lutheran pastor in Cluj-Napoca. He later converted to Calvinism and finally to Unitarianism in 1566. After initially working with Giorgio Biandrata , he clashed with him. Attempts at mediation by Fausto Sozzini failed. At the instigation of Biandrata, Davidis was sentenced as a heretic to life imprisonment and died in prison.
The evangelical Heidelberg theologian Adam Neuser joined the group around Davidis after fleeing from Heidelberg , where he was persecuted for his Unitarian views, into the Ottoman- ruled Transylvania. He later went to Constantinople , where he supposedly converted to Islam .
From Davidis' followers, the Davidists , emerged the Jewish -minded Unitarians (Judaizanten) who, as nonadorants, in contrast to the moderate Unitarians around Fausto Sozzini and Giorgio Biandrata, rejected any veneration of Christ . They saw in Jesus just a human being. From the Judaizanten in turn went Sabbatati out that the New Testament rejected and believed that the coming of the Messiah had not yet taken place.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : DAVIDIS, Franz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1236-1237.
- Hegler : Davidis, Franz . In: Realencyklopadie for Protestant Theology and Church (RE). 3. Edition. Volume 4, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1898, pp. 517-524.
- Heinz Kraft: Davidis, Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 537 ( digitized version ).
- Karl Nehring: Dávid, Ferenc , in: Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas . Vol. 1. Munich 1974, p. 377 f.
- Heinz Scheible: Melanchthon's correspondence. Volume 11: People A – E. Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart 2003.
- Georg Daniel Teutsch : Davidis, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 787.
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SURNAME | Davidis, Franz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Unitarian theologian |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1510 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cluj-Napoca |
DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1579 |
Place of death | Déva Fortress , Transylvania |