Sigismund John

Sigismund John , Prince of Transylvania, invited George Blandrata to his Court in 1563, and appointed him his Physician. He was the first of the Transylvanian Princes, who granted to the impugners of the doctrine of the Trinity the free exercise of their religion. He became a proselyte to the opinions of Blandrata ; and it was in his time, that those, who asserted the Supremacy of the Father, were first called Unitarians. At a conference, held at Weissenburg, A.D. 1568, which lasted ten days, and during which the doctrine of the Trinity formed a principal subject of discussion, he approved of the opinion of those, who believe, that the Supreme God is one essence in one person, namely the Father ; and that his only Son was conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. From that time to the present, Unitarians have stood upon the same footing, with regard to political rights, in Transylvania, as Catholics, Lutherans, and members of the Reformed Church ; and one Prothonotary, according to the constitution, must still be a Unitarian. They have also had a regular succession of Superintendents, or Bishops, of whom the first was the unfortunate Francis Davidis.  

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