During the revolution of the year 1848 there were several smaller or larger conflicts within the Evangelical Church in Hungary. The Evangelical Church, which was formed by Slovaks, Germans and Hungarians, was not very unified. It was multilingual and multicultural. While the Hungarian and German groups supported liberal theology, the Slovak groups were more conservative and supported Luther's orthodox theology. Hungarian liberal theologian, like the supporters of political liberalism, supported Hungarian national efforts. In the 1830s and 1840s they tried to use the Evangelical Church for Magyarization. Thanks to the realistic approach of the majority of priests and teachers, these efforts were supported only with limits. The representatives of Luther's orthodoxy, which formed the second front in the Evangelical Church, devoted their attention to the support of Slovak national interests.
