Gáspár Károlyi

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Statue of Károlyi from Gönc, photographed in 1890

Gáspár Károlyi, or in Protestant usage, Károli (c. 1529, Nagykároly – 31 December 1591, Gönc) was a Hungarian Calvinist pastor. He was a major figure in the Reformed Church in Hungary. He edited the Vizsoly Bible.

Origin

He was born in Nagykároly (present-day day Carei) c. 1530 as Gáspár Radicsics. Károlyi was likely of Serbian descent and his parents might have fled north from the Délvidék due to the Ottomans' hazard.

Life and work

References

  1. ^ Erdős, Károly (1909). A kálvini reformáció hatása hazánkra (PDF). p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013.
  2. ^ Trencsenyi, Balazs (2010). "Patriotism and Elect Nationhood". In Trencsenyi, Balazs; Zászkaliczky, Márton (eds.). Whose Love of Which Country?: Composite States, National Histories and Patriotic Discourses in Early Modern East Central Europe. Brill. p. 511. ISBN 9789004183599.
  3. ^ Ács, Pál (2017). "Biblical Studies and Bible Translations in Hungary". In Melloni, Alberto (ed.). Martin Luther: A Christian Between Reforms and Modernity (1517-2017). De Gruyter. p. 1232. ISBN 9783110499025.
  4. ^ Judit Vásárhelyi P.: Vizsolyi Biblia Biblia Konferencia 2008 december 2.