Ferenc Dávid was a Protestant preacher and theologian from Transylvania, the founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania, and the leading figure of the Nontrinitarian Christian movements during the Protestant Reformation. He disputed the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity, believing God to be one and indivisible.
Ferenc Dávid holding his speech on the Diet of Torda in 1568 (today Turda, Romania) by Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch (1896)
Memorial monument of Ferenc Dávid on his death place in Deva, Romania
Unitarian Church of Transylvania
The Unitarian Church of Transylvania, also known as the Hungarian Unitarian Church, is a Nontrinitarian Christian denomination of the Unitarian tradition, based in the city of Cluj, Transylvania, Romania. Founded in 1568 in the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom by the Unitarian preacher and theologian Ferenc Dávid, it is the oldest continuing Unitarian denomination in the world. It has a majority-Hungarian following, and is one of the 18 religious denominations given official recognition by the Government of Romania.
Official insignia of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania
Pre-Unitarian fresco of the church in Dârjiu
The Unitarian Church in Brașov
The Unitarian Church in Cluj-Napoca