The Glöselian Duel: Two Opposing Opinions on Religious Freedom for the Hungarian Estates

...prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants, to commit fornication, and to eat of things sacrificed to idols. original Latin: "prophetam, docere & seducere servos meos, fornicari, & manducare de idolothytis." This is the conclusion of a quote from Revelation 2:20 regarding the "woman Jezebel." I obediently present to Your Princely Serenity original: E. F. Durchl. (Euer Fürstlichen Durchlaucht) the example of the entire Byzantine Empire original: Griechische Imperium, which fell into the power of the Turks for this reason alone: because the Byzantine Emperors permitted false and diverse opinions [of faith]. In the same way, and no differently in his own case, it happened to Valentinian the Younger, who—out of heartfelt affection and respect for his own mother, Justina—permitted the Arian heresy A 4th-century belief that denied the full divinity of Christ; it was a major source of conflict in the early Church. solely for her and her followers; he, too, was cast out from his realm. Likewise, the examples of Constantius, Julian, and other Christian Emperors demonstrate the same; they also connived turned a blind eye and indulged [heresy], wishing thereby to preserve political peace as well as their lands and people. Yet, consider the end they met: namely, they perished shamefully and were driven from their kingdoms.

What has happened, alas, in the Holy Roman Empire original: Römischen Reich and all those lands, as soon as people heard these things? They have placed political peace before the heavenly and divine, turning away from the truth of the faith toward human discourse and opinions. The love for God in their hearts has grown cold, allowing the fear, respect, and favor of men to break forth. Through the unchristian, impassable, and irresponsible preservation and acquisition of land, people, and other dignities, they have placed worldly profit and contentment before the eternal. They have loved the world and their own souls more than God. This has led to the Peace of Passau original: Passawischen Verträgen (1552), a treaty that granted certain legal rights to Lutherans within the Empire, which the author views as a dangerous compromise., the Austrian concessions original: Oesterreichischen concessionen, and the commissions established regarding these matters in the Holy Roman Empire—all of which were aimed at bringing true and false religion, Christ and Belial A biblical name for the devil or the personification of wickedness; the author uses this to argue that truth and heresy cannot be reconciled. to...