Ludwig Geduly

Ludwig Gabriel Geduly (born March 17, 1815 in Nyitraszerdahely , Kingdom of Hungary ; † January 29, 1890 in Pressburg , ibid.) Was a Protestant bishop for the district of Cisdanubia and a member of the Hungarian Diet .

Ludwig Geduly

Life

Ludwig Geduly was a son of the Protestant pastor Johannes Geduly and his wife Eva Christine Petényi. He enjoyed his first school lessons in Abelfalva . A year later he continued his school education with his grandfather Johannes Geduly Sen. in Tammasching . In 1823 he was sent to Losoncz to learn the Hungarian language . He spent his high school years at the Lyceum in Schemnitz , where he also passed the Abitur . He then continued his studies in Pressburg ( theology and philosophy ). On August 4, 1835, he passed the candidate examination and then came to Losoncz as a teacher at the senior school. Geduly wanted to study Protestant theology in Germany ; However, since at that time a visit to German universities was forbidden by the state for students of theology, he had to be content with attending the Vienna theological institute . He finished his theology studies at the age of 22, the Kalno parish ( Neograd county ) elected him pastor, but the superintendent refused ordination because no one could be ordained before the age of 24.

Ludwig Geduly was born on May 26, 1840 with Anna, born in Neusohl . Svehla married. The marriage had seven children.

On April 30, 1838, Geduly was ordained a pastor. He then went through pastoral positions in various smaller villages until he was elected pastor in Neusohl in 1850. In 1857 the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Preßburg appointed him to the pastoral position that had remained vacant since the tragic end of Pastor Paul Rázga . On the first Sunday of 1858 he was solemnly inducted into office. After Superintendent Stromszky , who was also the first preacher of the German congregation in Pressburg, died in 1861, not only the position of the first preacher of the congregation, but also the position of superintendent became vacant. In Stromszky's place, the new superintendent for the Cisdanubia district was elected almost unanimously . On August 22, 1861 it was solemnly introduced by Superintendent József Szekács . The Preßburger Zeitung published a detailed report in its number of August 23, 1861:

The celebration of the installation of the new superintendent, Reverend Mr. Ludwig Geduly, took place yesterday in the Evangelical German Church in an uplifting way. [...] The new head shepherd was led into the assembly by a deputation at the same time as the Reverend Mr. Szekács. The procession then went to the German church and lined up in the assigned seats around the altar. [...] After Pastor August Raabe's sermon [...] the appointed pastor was given Holy Communion. And now the main story of the whole celebration followed. The venerable superintendent from Pest , Mr. Josef Szekács, is assisting the two senior citizens HH. Mathias Szwaty and Karl Hollerung , appeared in front of the altar, delivered the consecration speech in Hungarian idiom at his new chief shepherd standing opposite inside the altar, and then asked the assembled members of the seniorate the solemn question: whether they were ready to have the newly elected as their chief shepherd to recognize? In response to the loudly replied "Yes", the speaker turned to the newly elected with the question: Would he like to be a loyal shepherd of the district? In response to the loud "Yes", the speaker asked him to take the prescribed oath of office, which the initiate pronounced in a loud voice, placing his left hand on the book of the Gospels , but holding his right hand raised and kneeling. During the solemn oath, the whole congregation rose from their seats. The consecration speaker put his right hand on the head of the kneeling man and pronounced the blessings; After him, the two assistants did the same in Slavic and German. Then the other seniors stood in a circle around the person to be consecrated and, while they placed their hands on the head of the person kneeling, sang the old solemn chant: Confirma Deus etc. [...]

His term of office, first as pastor of the Preßburg community and later also as superintendent, was marked by the dispute over the imperial patent on September 1, 1859. Geduly was also one of the opponents of this patent; in this context he was accused of working on a union with the Reformed on the model of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union and thereby betraying Lutheranism and deliberately giving up. But such suspicions were only made by individual adversaries, and most parishes showed Geduly with full confidence.

On November 30, 1865 Geduly was elected Reichstag representative for the city of Pressburg in the Hungarian Reichstag and as such took part in the coronation of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth as Apostolic Kings of Hungary on June 8, 1867 in the Matthias Church at Ofen . He was also on the deputation that presented Franz Joseph with the coronation diploma.

Geduly was a man who took his duties very seriously and performed them conscientiously. As an award, he therefore received the title of Royal Councilor in 1873 ; In 1883 he celebrated his 25th anniversary in office (as pastor in the German parish in Pressburg), on this occasion the Imperial and Royal Theological Faculty in Vienna awarded him the title of Dr. theol. hc In 1885 Geduly became a member of the House of Lords. In 1886 he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order . On the occasion of his 25th bishop's jubilee, he donated the "Gedulyanum" a scholarship for listeners at the Theological Academy in Pressburg. This foundation existed until the end of the First World War and supported destitute theology students.

Geduly was also active as a journalist. Many of his works have also appeared in print. His principle was that within the church life of the Hungarian Evangelical Church AB, no nationality should have priority. This attitude, which he also represented in his publications, made him so popular among his contemporaries.

As a staunch supporter of Austria-Hungary , Ludwig Geduly was a staunch opponent of the Slovak national movement led by Ľudovít Štúr . He also rejected the Pan-Slavism propagated by Štúr and his circle .

On September 22nd, 1888 Geduly suffered a stroke, which severely restricted his activity. Geduly died as a result of a fall on the street on January 29, 1890 in Pressburg. The remains of Bishop Geduly were laid out and consecrated on February 2, 1890 in the German Evangelical Church AB. The funeral speeches were given by Pastor Johannes Fürst in German and Boleslaus Franz von Trßtyénßky in Hungarian. From there the coffin was brought to the Evangelical Gaistor Cemetery in a solemn funeral procession - which was accompanied by a large number of mourners as well as prominent figures from the city of Pressburg and the surrounding area - and buried in a grave next to his wife. The Preßburger Zeitung reported on the funeral celebrations in a detailed report on February 2, 1890 (see web links).

literature

CE Schmidt , S. Markusovßky, G. Ebner: History of the Evangelical Church Community AB zu Preßburg , 2 Bde., Pozsony 1906

Evanjelická encyklopédia Slovenska, Bratislava 2001, ISBN 80-968671-4-8 (Slovak)

Web links

Pressburger Zeitung, January 30, 1890, p.2 obituary

Preßburger Zeitung, February 2, 1890 Report on the funeral ceremonies

References and comments

^ Carl August Raabe (* October 2, 1818 in Preßburg, † July 26, 1878 in Gmunden , Upper Austria ) was the 51st preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Preßburg. Between 1861 and 1865 he also held the position of senior.
↑ Karl Hollerung the Elder Ä. was between 1839 and 1864 preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Modern .
↑ Confirma hoc Deus, quod operatus es in nobis ... is a Gregorian chant based on Psalm 67, 29 ( Vulgate ); Luther Bible 2017 : "Offer up, God, your might, the power, God, that you have shown us ..." (Ps. 68, 29). One of the most famous arrangements is by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina .
↑ Pressburger Zeitung of August 23, 1861, p. 3
↑ In 1851 the Viennese court commissioned a number of well-known evangelical theologians, including the important Slovak priest and scholar Karol Kuzmány , who was active as a theology professor in Vienna from 1849, to draw up an “imperial patent”. This patent was intended to regulate the organization of the Protestant Church in terms of content and administration (for example, instead of the existing four, six superintendents were planned; the power of secular church inspectors was to be significantly restricted, etc.). When the patent was issued by Emperor Franz Joseph I on September 1, 1859, it sparked heated discussions and a storm of indignation in many communities. Ultimately, 333 - mostly Slovak - parishes (out of a total of 559) of the Hungarian Evangelical Church AB rejected the patent. The patent could therefore not come into force and had to be withdrawn by the emperor in June 1860; it was replaced by the Protestant patent in 1861 .
↑ In the Hungarian Evangelical Church AB, preaching and preaching of God's word took place in three languages (German, Hungarian and Slovak).
↑ Johannes Fürst (born November 18, 1841 in Mariasdorf ( Eisenburg County ), † February 6, 1905 in Preßburg) was the 55th preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Preßburg.
↑ (October 23, 1835 in * Read (Boleslaus Francis of Trßtyénßky nógrád county ), † 1910 in Bratislava), preacher of the Slavic-Hungarian church in Bratislava and professor of theology at the Evangelical Lyceum to Bratislava.

personal data
SURNAME	Geduly, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Geduly, Ludwig Gabriel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Protestant bishop for the district of Cisdanubia and member of the Hungarian Diet
DATE OF BIRTH	March 17, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nyitraszerdahely , Kingdom of Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	January 29, 1890
Place of death	Pressburg

[1] Carl August Raabe (* October 2, 1818 in Preßburg, † July 26, 1878 in Gmunden , Upper Austria ) was the 51st preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Preßburg. Between 1861 and 1865 he also held the position of senior.

[2] Karl Hollerung the Elder Ä. was between 1839 and 1864 preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Modern .

[3] Confirma hoc Deus, quod operatus es in nobis ... is a Gregorian chant based on Psalm 67, 29 ( Vulgate ); Luther Bible 2017 : "Offer up, God, your might, the power, God, that you have shown us ..." (Ps. 68, 29). One of the most famous arrangements is by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina .

[4] Pressburger Zeitung of August 23, 1861, p. 3

[5] In 1851 the Viennese court commissioned a number of well-known evangelical theologians, including the important Slovak priest and scholar Karol Kuzmány , who was active as a theology professor in Vienna from 1849, to draw up an “imperial patent”. This patent was intended to regulate the organization of the Protestant Church in terms of content and administration (for example, instead of the existing four, six superintendents were planned; the power of secular church inspectors was to be significantly restricted, etc.). When the patent was issued by Emperor Franz Joseph I on September 1, 1859, it sparked heated discussions and a storm of indignation in many communities. Ultimately, 333 - mostly Slovak - parishes (out of a total of 559) of the Hungarian Evangelical Church AB rejected the patent. The patent could therefore not come into force and had to be withdrawn by the emperor in June 1860; it was replaced by the Protestant patent in 1861 .

[6] In the Hungarian Evangelical Church AB, preaching and preaching of God's word took place in three languages (German, Hungarian and Slovak).

[7] Johannes Fürst (born November 18, 1841 in Mariasdorf ( Eisenburg County ), † February 6, 1905 in Preßburg) was the 55th preacher of the German Evangelical Church Community AB in Preßburg.

[8] (October 23, 1835 in * Read (Boleslaus Francis of Trßtyénßky nógrád county ), † 1910 in Bratislava), preacher of the Slavic-Hungarian church in Bratislava and professor of theology at the Evangelical Lyceum to Bratislava.