A Concise Assessment of Dutch Ecclesiastical and Theological Impacts on Jenő Sebestyén’s Thinking

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dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB THEOL. REF. TRANSYLV., Volume 68 (LXVIII), No. 2, December 2023, pp. 89-115en-US
dc.creatorKOVÁCS , Ábrahám
dc.creatorSZABÓ, László
dc.date2023-12-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T21:35:14Z
dc.descriptionJenő Sebestyén, professor of systematic theology from Budapest, is often portrayed as the founding father of historical Calvinism in Hungary. The theological movement exhibits clearly a Dutch impact. He is often seen as a Kuyperian scholar who disseminated the famous Dutch theologian and churchman’s idea amongst Hungarian Reformed people. The current paper seeks to examine whether this statement is true in regard to his systematic theological thinking. By performing a statistical examination of the references found in his magnum opus, Református Dogmatika [Reformed Dogmatics], a surprising discovery was made. Herman Bavinck was cited more than Abraham Kuyper. Besides, it is also proved that other Dutch theologians, such as Jan Jacob van Oosterzee and Eskelhoff Gravemeyer, not to mention Louis Berkhof, also made an impact on the formation of idea about Reformed doctrine. Therefore, as far as his book on dogmatics is concerned, the research shows a far more nuanced picture of the impact made on him. The paper highlighted that his presentation as merely a Kuyperian scholar is a simplification.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologiareformata/article/view/6833
dc.identifier10.24193/subbtref.68.2.07
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/2793
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologiareformata/article/view/6833/6574
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2023 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Reformata Transylvanicaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Theologia Reformata Transylvanica; Volume 68, No. 2, 2023; 89-115en-US
dc.source2065-9482
dc.source1582-5418
dc.source10.24193/subbtref.68.2
dc.subjectKuyper, Bavinck, historical Calvinism, Dutch theology Jenő Sebestyén’s Life and Work through Dutch Reformed Eyesen-US
dc.titleA Concise Assessment of Dutch Ecclesiastical and Theological Impacts on Jenő Sebestyén’s Thinkingen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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