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Socinianism
(Encyclopedia) SocinianismSocinianismsōsĭˈnēənĭzəm [key], anti-Trinitarian religious movement organized in Poland in the 16th cent. by Faustus Socinus. Antecedents of the movement were such Italian…Socinus, Laelius
(Encyclopedia) Socinus, LaeliusSocinus, Laeliuslēˈlēəs [key]Socinus, Laelius sōsīˈnəs [key] or Lelio SozziniLelio Sozzinilāˈlyō [key], 1525–62, Italian religious reformer. After becoming interested…Philippine Independent Church
(Encyclopedia) Philippine Independent Church, religious body that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in 1902 and rejected the spiritual authority of the pope. It is known popularly as the…Socinus, Faustus
(Encyclopedia) Socinus, FaustusSocinus, Faustusfôsˈtəs sōsīˈnəs [key] or Fausto SozziniSocinus, Faustusfouˈstō sōt-tsēˈnē [key], 1539–1604, Italian religious reformer, founder of Socinianism. Socinus…Brewer's: Friars
[brothers ]. Applied to the four great religious orders —Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinians, and Carmelites. Later, a fifth order was added—that of the Trinitarians. The first two were…The Devil's Dictionary: Unitarian
by Ambrose Bierce UNDERSTANDINGUNIVERSALISTUNITARIAN -n. One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian.Brewer's: Crutched Friars
is the Latin cruciati (crossed) —i.e. having a cross embroidered on their dress. They were of the Trinitarian order. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Presidential Veto Power
Presidential Veto Powerby Does the Presidential Veto Power Infringe on the Separation of Departments?"WILLIAM PENN", an anonymous writer appeared in the [Philadelphia] Independent Gazetteer…Unitarianism
(Encyclopedia) Unitarianism, in general, the form of Christianity that denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that God exists only in one person. While there were previous antitrinitarian…Calvin, John
(Encyclopedia) Calvin, John, 1509–64, French Protestant theologian of the Reformation, b. Noyon, Picardy. The extension of Calvinism to all spheres of human activity was extremely important to a…Trending
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