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Both works are collections of funeral speeches written upon the death of Prince Gábor Bethlen's first wife, Zsuzsanna Károlyi. The first part of the colligatum contains only Hungarian sermons, while the second part contains Latin sermons, with one exception. Both works were edited by Gáspár Bojti Veres, historian and secretary to the prince. The volumes were published on Bethlen's instructions in memory of his wife, but they also served as a sermon aid for Reformed pastors. The blank pages following the work contain the handwritten notes of a pastor from Debrecen who lived in the second half of the 17th century. Most of these are thematic collections of biblical passages, and the majority of the texts are highly polemical and relate to religious debates. The identity of the author could not be determined, and attempts to identify the owner listed on the title page, István Kátai, were unsuccessful based on the available sources. However, the dates and themes of the texts clearly support the above assumption. The first entry is a short thematic index biblicus. The compiler of the manuscript added a copy of a similar work previously published in print, entitled "The gates of heaven have been opened wide." The text supports the Reformed view of 42 often-debated doctrines by listing the relevant passages from Scripture. The anonymous author of this collection, which refutes the doctrines of Lutherans, Arminians, and Unitarians, was Pál Keresztúri Bíró. According to the entry, the editor of the manuscript copied it in Debrecen between March 18 and 23, 1678. The text itself was first published in Gyulafehérvár in 1645, and under this title for the first time in Várad in 1656. Based on minor spelling differences, the copy was probably made based on the 1672 edition from Kolozsvár (RMNy 3796), but in some cases it differs from both. By modifying the last phrase of the original title, he calls his writing a clarification. In fact, it follows the printed version quite closely. After some speeches, prayers, and invocations, as well as thanksgiving after speeches, the author recorded the theological lectures given in 1678 by György Martonfalvi (Tóth), professor and rector of the Debrecen College, which were based on the writings of Johannes Hoornbeck, a Dutch Reformed theologian. The text, which sought to refute the Anabaptists, was delivered in June and July 1678, while the lectures debating the Jews and Muslims were delivered in February and those against the Catholics in March at the college in Debrecen. Hoornbeck's collected writings debating various religions were first published in 1653. It was already known that his works were circulated among Hungarian Reformed Christians, but the fact that the renowned professor explained them in detail at the college in Debrecen and made them more widely known may open a new chapter in the study of their reception. This is followed by another "Fegyverneki-style" thematic collection of biblical loci, most likely based on L. Izsák Fegyverneki's work Enchiridii Locorum communium Theologicorum (Basel, 1586). This is followed by the funeral poems of Sámuel Thuri and Sámuel Tonsoris, which were written on the occasion of the 1673 funeral of Ferenc Bacskay Újlaki, a 17-year-old student at the college in Sárospatak, in both of which he bids farewell to his family. The poems, along with several speeches, were published in Debrecen in 1674 (RMNy 3948). Although a watchword indicates that the poem continues, several stanzas are missing from the end of the second poem. Finally, there are three sermon outlines with unusual themes, which reflect on the magistrate and astrology, and the prediction of the future, using Hungarian scriptural texts and mainly Latin questions and propositions. (Dr. Péter Perger)
Contemporary half leather. Spine slightly damaged.
RMNy 1306., 1307.; RMK I 539.; RMK II 428.                                        
 
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