Reformátori művek a Székelykeresztúri Unitárius Kollégium könyvtárában
Protestant Works from the Székelykeresztúr Unitarian School’s Library

Summary/Abstract: This article maps the progress of Protestantism, especially Reformed(Calvinist) thinking in Transylvania, through seventy pre-1601 writings of fifteen theologians. Their works are contained in forty-two volumes which were originally in the library of the Székelykeresztúr Unitarian School, but are now housed in the Teleki Collection in Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mureș).Three of the authors are represented in more than 10 works in this collection:thirteen of the works are by Wolphgang Musculus (1497–1563), and twelve works are written by David Chyträus (1530–1600) and by Rudolph Gwalther (1519–1586). It is interesting, that there are no works by Calvin, Oekolampad, or Zanchi. Twenty-nine if the seventy works were present in the Carpathian Basin before 1601, Twenty-three arrived in the 17th century, so 74,2% of the studied material was already shaping Transylvanian thought in the 1700’s. Amongst the previous owners of these works are numerous Hungarian Unitarian and Reformed intellectuals, as well as German Lutheran and Unitarianintellectuals: for example Georg Katzer, Titus Amicinus (1553–1563) and Johann Borser were German Unitarian ministers from the 16th century, Valentin Radecius was a Unitarian bishop, Andreas Lang was the grandson of printinghouse owner Gáspár Heltai. The majority of the works are biblical commentaries, which supports thinking that ministers used these works for their sermons. The names of the owners show that the Reformed ideology spread from Saxons to Hungarians, from Upper-Hungary and the Partium to Transylvania, and from Calvinists to Unitarians. This suggests that there was no religious orlinguistic border in the book market.

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