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The Unitarian Church of Transylvania ((ハンガリー語:Erdélyi Unitárius Egyház); (ルーマニア語、モルドバ語():Biserica Unitariană din Transilvania)) is a church of the Unitarian denomination, based in the city of Cluj, Transylvania, Romania. Founded in 1568 in the Principality of Transylvania, it has a majority-Hungarian following, and is one of the 18 religious confessions given official recognition by the Romanian state. The Transylvanian and Hungarian Unitarians represent the only branch of Unitarianism not to have adopted a congregationalist polity, and remains quasi-episcopal; the Irish Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church, a distinct body closely related to Unitarianism, has a presbyterian structure.〔Paul F. Bradshaw, ''The New SCM Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship'', SCM-Canterbury Press Ltd, London, 2002, p.460. ISBN 0-334-02883-3〕 The Unitarian Church of Transylvania is administrated by a Bishop and two Curators-General, being divided into five Archpriestships.〔 Since March 2009, its Bishop is Rev. Ferenc Bálint Benczédi. The Church, which uses Hungarian as the liturgical language, also endorses and teaches a catechism.〔 Together with the Calvinist Reformed Church and the two Lutheran churches of Romania (the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession), the Unitarian community runs the Protestant Theological Institute of Cluj, wherein Unitarianism is represented by a distinct section. In addition, it has two high school-level theological educational institutions.〔 Marius Vasileanu, ("Cultele din România: Biserica Unitariană" ), in ''Adevărul'', May 25, 2006 (hosted by Hotnews.ro); retrieved July 27, 2007〕 ==Demographics== According to the results of the 2002 census, there are 66,846 Romanian citizens of the Unitarian faith (0.3% of the total population).〔 (''Recensământ 2002. Rezultate: Populaţia după religie la recensământul din 2002'' ); retrieved July 27, 2007〕 Church officials place the number of believers at 80,000-100,000.〔 Of the total Hungarian minority, Unitarians represent 4.55%, being the third denominational group after members of the Reformed Church in Romania (47.10%) and Roman Catholics (41.20%).〔Anna Fenyvesi, ''Hungarian Language Contact Outside Hungary: Studies on Hungarian as a Minority Language'', John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 2005, p.141. ISBN 90-272-1858-7〕 Since 1700, the Unitarian Church has had 125 parishes — in 2006, there were 110 Unitarian priests and 141 places of worship in Romania.〔 The vast majority of church adherents live in Transylvania, mostly between Sighişoara (''Segesvár'') and Odorheiu Secuiesc (''Székelyudvarhely''), more or less around Dârjiu (''Székelyderzs''). The Unitarian church is especially strong in Dârjiu, Atid (''Etéd''), Cristuru Secuiesc (''Székelykeresztúr''), Feliceni (''Felsőboldogfalva''), Inlăceni (''Énlaka''), and Mugeni (''Bögöz''), where Unitarians make up a large majority of the population. All of these localities are situated in the southwestern corner of Harghita County, except for Sighişoara which is located immediately outside of that area in the Southeastern corner of Mureş County. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unitarian Church of Transylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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