The History of the Protestant Church in Hungary Part 9, by James O'Fee - Impala Publishers Blog Page

The History of the Protestant Church in Hungary Part 9, by James O'Fee - Impala Publishers Blog Page: "The takeover of Transylvania advantaged neither Matinuzzi, whom Ferdinand's General had assassinated, nor the Roman Catholic party. Ferdinand still favoured a reconciliation between the parties and to that end convened the Diet of Œdenburg [Sopron] in 1553. At Sopron the Protestants, perhaps for the first time, held the majority; a proposal to forbid the printing and distribution of heretical books was negatived."