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Socinianism

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Socinianism is a term that could have at least two meanings. The first refers to the religious Unitarian movement broadened at the end of the sixteenth century by the early followers of the Italian thinker Fausto Sozzini (Faustus Socinus or Socini), which crossed and overlapped with the Ecclesia minor (Minor Church) of Poland – the Antitrinitarian branch of the reformed Church of the Fratres Poloni (Polish Brethren). The second sense stands for the Christian theological, philosophical, and moral doctrine inspired by the works of Fausto and his uncle Lelio (Laelius), which become widespread in Europe, especially in Holland and England, from the seventeenth century and later in America.

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Priarolo, M. (2020). Socinianism. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_1044-1

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