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Socinianism

American  
[soh-si-nee-uhn-iz-uhm] / soʊˈsɪ ni ən ɪz əm /

noun

  1. a Christian belief system based on the teachings and doctrines attributed to Faustus and Laelius Sozzini.


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Yet practically from its very beginning the General Synod declared herself against Socinianism.

From American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) by F. (Friedrich) Bente

Germany Socinianism had, even in the beginning of the century, a secret nursery in the University of Altdorf, belonging to the territory of the imperial city of Nuremberg.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz

Now by his not admitting of this distinction, he doth by consequence mire himself in Socinianism; for Christ, as Mediator, is the Father's servant, Isa. xlii.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie

It may be added that after the Reformation Arianism was revived in Socinianism, and Pelagianism in Arminianism; but the conception of heresy in Protestantism demands subsequent notice.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

But what probably contributed most to the crumbling of the system was the rapid growth of Socinianism and Rationalism among the Lutherans in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss

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