István Geleji Katona

István Geleji Katona (1589-1649) was court-chaplain to the Calvinist Prince of Transylvania Gabriel Bethlen and an important figure of the 17th-century Transylvanian Reformed Church.^[1] He was notable for polemic anti-Catholic literature and against Szekler Sabbatarians.^[2] He sought to formalise the Calvinist liturgy and sacred music, reducing its diversity.^[3]

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1. Mihály Balázs, Gizella Keserű György Enyedi and Central European Unitarianism in the 16-17th ... 2000 "István Geleji Katona, an important figure of the 17th-century Transylvanian Reformed Church, court-chaplain to the Transylvanian Prince, and one of those who initiated the attack on the Unitarians of Transylvania which had the most ..."
2. István Keul Early modern religious communities in East-Central Europe 2009 Page 221 "To be sure, Reformed superintendent Geleji Katona wrote in his Titkok titka ( Secret of Secrets, 1645) that György I Rákóczi hat prevented the spread of Sabbatarianism (“the plague of Judaizing”) and “eradicated” the Sabbatarians to such ..."
3. Histoire de la littérature hongroise Ignace Kont, Cyrillus Horváth, Albert Kardos - 1900 "Ce goût des détails a amené Katona à réunir en un corps les différents chants d' Eglise. Déjà en qualité de chapelain de Gabriel Bethlen, il était choqué de la diversité de ces chants liturgiques, diversité qui à la longue pourrait nuire "