The teaching of Christ and of the Antichrist have a central place in Flacius’s theological thinking about the church. In his struggle for the truth of the Gospel and the Word of God, Flacius points ...to the Antichrist and his teaching, which is opposed to the pure Word of God. In this article we will first define terms and provide an overview of biblical teaching about the Antichrist. After that we will outline the theological thoughts about the Antichrist in the time of the Reformation. Flacius’s theological thoughts about the Antichrist,
as well as Christ’s versus Antichrist’s teachings, are taken from his works, A Brief Overview of the Faith of Jesus Christ and of the Antichrist (Breves Svmmae Religionis Iesu Christi, & Antichristi, per Matth. Flacium Illyricum), A Paper Against Papal Primacy (Scriptum contra primatum papae, ante annos 100. compositum. Item, Matthiae Flacij Illyrici de eadem materia), and The Catalog of the Witnesses of Truth (Catalogus testium veritatis), as well as from gaining insight into his other works. In his deliberations, Flacius joins the majority of the 16th century Reformers, as well as the numerous gospel preachers in previous centuries, emphasizing that the Word of God is the
only and supreme authority in the church. With a strong emphasis on the authority of the Bible, Flacius attempts to challenge the pope’s authority and primacy, thus strengthening the Protestant churches, which were founded during the Reformation, and to weaken the Roman Catholic Church, led by the pope. By comparing the papacy with the Antichrist, Flacius calls the hesitant to turn to God, accept the teachings of the Bible, reject all human teachings and traditions, separate themselves from the Catholic Church, and join the Evangelical Church, whose teaching relies solely on the Word of God.
Kristov i Antikristov nauk zauzimaju središnje mjesto u teološkoj misli o Crkvi reformatora Matije Vlačića Ilirika. U borbi za istinu evanđelja i riječi Božje Vlačić ukazuje na Antikrista i njegov ...nauk koji se suprotstavlja čistoj riječi Božjoj. U izlaganju prvo se definiraju pojmovi i daje pregled učenja Biblije o Antikristu. Zatim se ukratko naznačuje teološka misao o Antikristu u vrijeme reformacije. Vlačićevo teološko promišljanje o Antikristu te Kristovu i Antikristovu nauku izvodi se iz njegovih djela Kratki pregled vjere Isusa Krista i Antikrista (Breves Svmmae Religionis Iesu Christi, & Antichristi,
per Matth. Flacium Illyricum), Spis protiv papina primata (Scriptum
contra primatum papae, ante annos 100. compositum. Item, Matthiae Flacij Illyrici de eadem materia) i Katalog svjedoka istine (Catalogus testium veritatis) te uvida u ostala njegova djela. Vlačić se svojim promišljanjima pridružuje većini reformatora šesnaestog stoljeća, kao i brojnim propovjednicima evanđelja u stoljećima prije njih, naglašavajući kako je Riječ Božja jedini i vrhovni autoritet u Crkvi. Uz snažno naglašavanje autoriteta Svetog pisma nastoji osporiti autoritet i primat pape te time ojačati protestantske crkve utemeljene u vrijeme reformacije i obesnažiti Rimokatoličku crkvu na čelu s papom. Prispodobom papinstva Antikristu Vlačić poziva neodlučne da
se obrate Bogu, prihvate učenje Biblije, odbace sva ljudska učenja i predaje, odijele se od Rimokatoličke crkve i pridruže crkvama reformacije čiji je nauk čista Božja riječ.
The introductory part of this article offers a concise overview of the Reformation in Baranya and Slavonia in the sixteenth century while also depicting the role of the reformer Stephen Kis of Szeged ...in the development and institutionalization of the Baranyan diocese of the Hungarian Reformed Church which included the contemporary Croatian regions of Baranya and Slavonia. The article analyzes the life and work of Stephen Kis of Szeged as a bishop, theologian, teacher and writer, along with his theological influence in Hungary and Europe for decades after his death, on the basis of original materials, Szeged’s published theological writings and other relevant literature.
Uvodni dio sadrži sažeti prikaz reformacije u Baranji i Slavoniji u šesnaestom stoljeću te naznačuje ulogu reformatora Stjepana Kiša Segedinca u razvoju i institucionalizaciji Baranjske ...superintendencije (biskupije) ugarske Reformirane crkve, koja je obuhvaćala i današnje hrvatske pokrajine Baranju i Slavoniju. U članku se, na temelju izvorne građe, Segedinčevih objavljenih teoloških spisa i relevantne literature, analizira život i djelovanje biskupa, teologa, učitelja i spisatelja Stjepana Kiša Segedinca te njegov teološki utjecaj u Ugarskoj i Europi desetljećima nakon njegove smrti.
