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Socinus

[soh-sahy-nuhs]

noun

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



Socinus

/ səʊˈsaɪnəs /

noun

  1. 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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Paul of Samosata, Arius, Pelagius, Socinus, the Swiss, Polish, English advocates of the same general theology and christology were, after their several kinds, disciples of the same philosophical system.

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It was much less difficult to undertake Socinus himself, because he owned however the authority of Scripture, and that it had not been corrupted.

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If Socinus had recollected this, he might have spared himself the trouble of controverting a notion never maintained by the orthodox, i.e. that the Deity was individually divided.

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To take up with Luther, and to reject Calvin and Socinus, would be, according to that epigram, like living in a house without a roof to it.

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From that time I became a daily visitor in the retreat of the followers of Socinus.

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