Egyházmegyei zsinat és vizitáció Erdélyben a 16. század első negyedében. Gondolatok Várdai Ferenc püspök (1513–1524) egyházkormányzati tevékenységéről
A Diocesan Synod and a Canonical Visitation in Transylvania at the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century. Some Thoughts about the Ecclesiastical Governance of Bishop Ferenc Várdai (1513–1524)

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a case study regarding the practices of ecclesiastical governance in Transylvania during the first decades of the 16th century. My first goal is to reconstruct, as far as possible, the synodal constitution of 1520 and the context of the canonical visitation initiated two years later. The research shows bishop Ferenc Várdai, known to previous historiography especially for his cultural and military activity, as a reformer of his diocese. The prelate used his well-developed administrative apparatus, the diocesan synod, visitation and ecclesiastical sanctions in order to grow episcopal revenues and to enhance his control over the clergy and the lay of his diocese. The paper also confirms that the Lutheran reformation was not yet widespread in the Transylvanian bishopric during the early 1520s.

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