Márton Kálmáncsehi
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Márton Kálmáncsehi Sánta, also known as Martin Kálmáncsehi (Kálmáncsehi Sánta Márton; Kálmáncsa, 1500 – Debrecen, December 1550)[citation needed], was the first pastor to publicly preach Calvinist ideas in Hungary (in the 1540s).[1] He began his church career as a canon at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Transylvania.[1] He studied the theological works of Philip Melanchthon and Heinrich Bullinger.[2] He succeeded the prominent reformator, Mátyás Dévai Bíró, as the Protestant town pastor of Debrecen in 1551.[3]
References
- ^ a b Péter 1994, p. 161.
- ^ Daniel 1998, p. 217.
- ^ Barta 1994, p. 288.
Sources
- Barta, Gábor (1994). "The Emergence of the Principality and its First Crises (1526–1606)". In Köpeczi, Béla; Barta, Gábor; Bóna, István; Makkai, László; Szász, Zoltán; Borus, Judit (eds.). History of Transylvania. Akadémiai Kiadó. pp. 247–300. ISBN 963-05-6703-2.
- Daniel, David P. (1998). "Calvinism in Hungary: the theological and ecclesiastical transition to the Reformed faith". In Pettegree, Andrew; Duke, Alastair; Lewis, Gillian (eds.). Calvinism in Europe, 1540-1620. Cambridge University Press. pp. 205–230. ISBN 0-521-57452-8.
- Péter, Katalin (1994). "Hungary". In Scribner, Bob; Porter, Roy; Teich, Mikuláš (eds.). The Reformation in National Context. Cambridge University Press. pp. 155–168. ISBN 0-521-40960-8.
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