Isaac Abrahamides

* Horhát, between 1550 and 1560 – † Bajmóc, 1621 / Lutheran church writer, superintendent ; ; He completed his school studies in Zólyom, Selmecbánya, Besztercebánya and Bártfa, in the latter place he studied philosophy and theology for two years under the guidance of Tamás Fábri, György Radaschin and Lénárt Stoeckel. After that, he studied Greek and Hebrew as a student of the distinguished orientalist Miklós Colacinates in Mosóc, Turóc County. In the second half of the 1570s he obtained a master's degree at the University of Prague. Around 1580 he spent some time in Leipzig, but was forced to return to his homeland due to the unexpected death of his father. He taught in Vienna for four years and also acted as a tutor to the son of a Hungarian nobleman. He then taught in Zvolen for 3 and a half years, after which he was a notary in Körmöcbánya for about six years. In the early 1590s, he was invited to Bojnice as a pastor and provost. His ordination as a pastor took place in Wittenberg on August 27, 1595. At the synod held in Zvolen in 1610, he was elected the first superintendent of the counties of Bratislava, Nitra, and Bars. He was considered a great church scholar and an excellent orator. He was asked to be the orator at the funeral of Palatine György Thurzó (1567–1616). This text was also published in print in Latin in Levoča in 1617. He also successfully participated in religious debates. In February 1616, at a church assembly held in Nagybiccse, he refuted the heretical teachings of János Moschovinus, a former Polish preacher based on the writings of the heretical bishop Photinus (?–376) and spread in Hungary. He translated Martin Luther's catechism into Czech.