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Deism is one of the branches of radical Enlightenment which
states that God creates the World, but he does not
intervene into its operation. Theological dogmas are
completely useless because these rules are not necessary for
the prosperity of people. These ideas were very dangerous to
Christianity; however, they were widespread in many
parts of Europe in the 18th century. The Reformed Diocese of
Békés was located in the south eastern area of the
Kingdom of Hungary, whose followers practised an essentially
rural way of life; therefore, they hardly read any
scientific and philosophical works. In spite of this fact,
the spread of the ideas characteristic of deism can be
observed in numerous dioceses. The reception of deism in
southeast Hungary can be witnessed not in the traditional
intellectual documents (school curriculum, translations, and
philosophical treatises), but in the documents of the
ecclesiastical government: Church attendance records,
documents of the proceedings of the ecclesiastical courts.
With the detailed analysis of the ecclesiastical
administration documents of the Reformed Church, this study
investigates how folk religion relates to deism and the
criticism of religion by the radical Enlightenment.
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