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,[1] Gönc) was a Hungarian Calvinist pastor. He was a major figure in the Reformed Church in Hungary.[2] He edited the Vizsoly Bible.[3]

Origin[edit]

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.[4]

Life and work[edit]

References[edit]

  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.