Socinus

American

[soh-sahy-nuhs] / soʊˈsaɪ nəs /

noun

Faustus Fausto Sozzini, 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius (Lelio Sozzini ), 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers.

Socinus British

/ səʊˈsaɪnəs /

noun

Faustus (ˈfɔːstəs), Italian name Fausto Sozzini, 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius (ˈliːlɪəs), Italian name Lelio Sozzini, 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers

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This was a monument to the fallacy that ideas cannot be crushed by force, for it was the tomb of Faustus Socinus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Faustus Socinus claimed that he had received his ideas from his uncle Laelius.

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente

He was scandalised by a sermon in which Calvin was placed upon the same level among heresiarchs as Socinus and other like aliens from gospel truth.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by John Morley

Luther did but a part of the work, Calvin another portion, Socinus finished it.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Cardinal Newman

The Fraternity of Rosie-Cross was founded by Faustus Socinus in 1597.

From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by E. K. (Edmund Kerchever) Chambers

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