Matt. V. 7.
Beati misericordes, quia illi misericordiam consequentur.
Hisce Domini Salvatoris dictis voluit
memoriam suam apud Generosum D[omi]num Fran[ciscum] P[áriz] Pápai
Dominum suum de se inde ab incunabulis fere multis nominibus
optimè semper meritum, magni Patris Deo, Eccl[esi]ae Patriae ac
bonis omnibus natura filium ac proinde omnium amore ac honore
dignissimum.
Franciscus Baba Vasarhelyiensis T[ransylvanus] H[ungarus] Theologiae studiosus.
Corde puro, calamoque sincero.
Symb[olum]. Spes confisa Deo nunquam confusa recedit.
Londini 1720. 21. Aug. |
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Mt 5:7.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
With this saying of our Lord Savior I want to
recommend myself into the memory of the eminent Mr. Ferenc Pápai
Páriz, in many ways my generous lord almost since my childhood,
worthy son of his great father before God, the church, the
fatherland and every good man, who deserves the love and honour of
everyone.
Ferenc Baba of Vásárhely,
Transylvanian Hungarian student of theology. With pure heart and sincere pen.
Motto. A hope confined to God can never
disappoint.
In London, on August 21, 1720.
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p.
457. London, August 21, 1720
Bala, Ferenc
(c. 1690-1740), Transylvanian
merchant, translator
Ferenc
Bala (of Vásárhely, Ferenc Baba of Marosvásárhely) was born around 1690
in Marosvásárhely (Tîrgu Mureş). He studied in Nagyenyed (Aiud),
and between 1718 and 1722 at the university of Frankfurt an der
Oder. Here he translated into Hungarian and published the Typus
theologiae practicae of Campegius Vitringa, Sen. After returning
home to Kolozsvár (Cluj) he began to trade in wine of Tokaj, but
he was bankrupt and went in heavy debts. He became deranged, and
roamed about in all Hungary, until he died in Pápa in 1740. His
work is: Lelki élet, az az, az Ur
Jézus Krisztusban igaz hit által bé oltatott és ő benne élő
embernek lelki állapotjának rövid leírása. Mellyet az
eklesiának közönséges hasznára nem régen deák nyelven bocsátatott
ki idősb Campegius Vitringa. Mostan pedig a magyar ekklesiákban az
együgyüeknek hasznokra a magyar nyelvre fordított M. Vásárh. Bala
Ferencz. Francofurtumban, Schwartz János által, 1722.
According to his note in the album, in 1720 Ferenc
Bala learned theology in London. The Franeker professor Campegius
Vitringa, whose work was translated by him, wrote in the album in
September of 1719 (p. 325).
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