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Socinianism

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[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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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.

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Lord Bacon, in his own age, was charged with Atheism, Sir Isaac Newton with Socinianism, the famous Tillotson was actually charged with Atheism, and Dr. Burnet wrote vigorously against the commonly received traditions of the fall and deluge.

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Some have already been landed in Socinianism, and others in infidelity.

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This offshoot of German neology, issuing from the same parent stock with Socinianism, finds a congenial soil in a Unitarian community.

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All that need be done here, is to show the embarrassments of Calvinism proper, the utter futility of all its changes to relieve itself from these embarrassments, unless it plunge into Pelagianism and Socinianism, or rest itself upon the Arminian foundation of gracious ability.

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