ECCLESIASTICAL VISITATIONS OF SLOVAK EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONS IN BAČKA, SREM, AND BANAT IN 1835 AND 1836

Abstract

The first ecclesiastical visitation of Evangelicals in Bačka-Srem and Banat Seniorates took place in 1798, after which followed visitations in 1810 and in 1818. This paper will focus on subsequent visitations of Slovak Evangelical congregations in these regions conducted by superintendent Ján Seberíni during the years 1835 and 1836. These two Evangelical seniorates were part of the Banský dištrikt/superintendature based in Banská Bystrica and had approximately the same number of Slovak and German congregations. The visitation returns provide a great deal of information that has not been fully made use of in the historiography. This paper will analyze only Slovak Evangelical congregations.

Keywords

• Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession, Slovaks, Banský dištrikt/ superintendancy, Bačka-Srem Seniorat, Banat Seniorat, ecclesiastical visitation, confessional schools