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The General Synod of 1820 is the subject of my Master's thesis. I believe that the topic and the sources it reveals are indispensable for the research of the Transylvanian Reformed Church history. I will start from the life of the church in the 19th century and move towards the source that I have uncovered. In the excavated source, points appear which are connected with the liturgical history, the history of the order, and the rules and customs of burial. A slice of this will be presented and unpacked in this essay. The information and the improved readability of the record will be useful for all those who wish to enrich their knowledge of church history.

A dolgozatomat három nagy egységre osztottam fel. Az első részben azt kort mutattam be, ahol Mária Terézia uralkodásának végével kezdve, milyen fontos események történek a protestáns felekezetekre nézve. Ilyen volt az 1791. országgyűlés is, ahol a két protestáns felkezet a protestánsok és katolikusok is egymásnak feszültek, az áttérés és a vegyes házasságok kapcsán. A második részben ismertettem a Görgényi Egyházmegyét, szervezetét és megalakulását. A harmadik részben pedig az átírt jegyzőkönyvet veszem górcső alá. Bemutatom elsősorban, hogy miként működött a vizitáció a Görgényi Egyházmegyében.

Hymnology in the 16–17th Century Reformed Church of Transylvania. The religious experience, the belief in God and in God’s power has always influenced the society. The 16th century’s reformation defined and still defines Europe’s and the world’s social, religious, political and economical aspect. There were radical changes on the fields of theology, literature, liturgy, in religious songs, printing, school system, and syllabus within it. The new teaching of the reformers needed a new form of worship which preserved some of the old elements, formed, recreated them according to his needs. This way the religious hymn in stanzas was born in people’s native language, so as the metrical psalms in native language and humanist metrical folk songs. Their Hungarian origins are the historical songs of the previous century, songs translated by Luther as German origin and the psalms propagated by Kálvin as French protestant source.