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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Example Sentences

Locke, in his reply, says "there is not one word of Socinianism in it:" and he was right: the positive Socinian doctrine has not one word of Socinianism in it; Socinianism consists in omissions.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

The Independents were inclined to a frigid Arminianism, and the Presbyterians were passing through the change from ultra Calvinism to Arianism and Socinianism.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John

Nor is the parallel much nearer with “the latitude men;” for Socinianism lacked their Platonizing tendency.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey

He lived in his pleasant country house at Windermere, never visiting his diocese, and according to De Quincey, talking Socinianism at his table.

From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

But he was intolerant as regards other sects, such as Arianism, Socinianism, and Swedenborgianism, of which he spoke almost with passion.

From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir