Socinian

American  

[soh-sin-ee-uhn] / soʊˈsɪn i ən /

noun

1. a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Socinians or their doctrines.

Socinian British  

/ səʊˈsɪnɪən /

noun

1. a supporter of the beliefs of Faustus and Laelius Socinus, who rejected such traditional Christian doctrines as the divinity of Christ, the Trinity, and original sin, and held that those who follow Christ's virtues will be granted salvation

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Socinians or their beliefs

Other Word Forms

• Socinianism
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of Socinian

1635–45; < New Latin Sociniānus of, pertaining to Socinus; see -ian

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Example Sentences

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Socinian

He translated some Socinian books, among others the Life of Socinus, and published two catechisms which excited a fury of indignation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

When Vorstius, who was practically a Socinian, was appointed successor to Arminius, Gomarus charged the Remonstrants with Socinianism.

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

He is a Socinian, and must be answered in another place.

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Wilbur Fisk

When I went to Cracow I became a Socinian; in the Ukraine I joined the Greek church; afterward I became an orthodox Catholic; later, a Rosicrucian; then a Quaker.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by M?r J?kai

Socinian theology and the philosophy of Hartley had become distasteful.

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones

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