Paul Wiener was the first superintendent, or head, of the Transylvanian Saxons' Evangelical Church (in the Kingdom of Hungary) from 1553 to 1556.[1] He started his career as a canon at the Catholic Ljubljana Cathedral, but he became an ardent supporter of Martin Luther's theology.[2] In 1547, he was arrested. After he refused to reject his Evangelical views, he was exiled from Carniola.[2][3]

Sources

  • Daniel, David P. (1998) [1992]. "Hungary". In Pettegree, Andrew (ed.). The Early Reformation in Europe. Cambridge University Press. pp. 49–69. ISBN 978-0-521-39768-1.
  • Keul, István (2009). Early Modern Religious Communities in East-Central Europe: Ethnic Diversity, Denominational Plurality, and Corporative Politics in the Principality of Transylvania (1526–1691). Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-17652-2.

References

  1. ↑ Keul 2009, pp. 86, 90.
  2. 1 2 Keul 2009, p. 86 (note 97).
  3. ↑ Daniel 1998, p. 64).


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