„Soha illyen kántort nem láttunk” : Zajzon Mózes törökszentmiklósi botránya (1792) = „We Have Never Seen Such a Cantor” The Scandal of Mózes Zajzon in Törökszentmiklós (1792)

Éliás, János (2026) „Soha illyen kántort nem láttunk” : Zajzon Mózes törökszentmiklósi botránya (1792) = „We Have Never Seen Such a Cantor” The Scandal of Mózes Zajzon in Törökszentmiklós (1792). HAGYOMÁNY IDENTITÁS TÖRTÉNELEM, 3 (1). pp. 83-95. ISSN 3004-2992

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Abstract

This paper analyses the discipline of the Reformed Church in the Nagykunság Reformed Diocese in the late eighteenth century, using the case of Mózes Zajzon, cantor of Törökszentmiklós, in 1792–1793 as an example. Using an unusually complete collection of archival sources (including interrogation records, ministerial correspondence and two incriminating private letters), the paper reconstructs the disciplinary process from the initial suspicions to the diocese’s final verdict. The study demonstrates how the ecclesiastical authorities dealt with moral transgressions when the accused was an office-holder responsible for enforcing communal norms, and contextualises the affair within the broader patterns of contemporary Reformed disciplinary practice.

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