Naeranus John

Naeranus John, the son of Samuel, of whom an account was given, was the Remonstrant Minister at Oudewater, in Holland, and a patron and promoter of Socinianism, over whose interests he watched with the greatest care, about the year 1663. At the Assembly of Kreutzburg, in Silesia, held in that year, it was resolved, that the correspondence of Nseranus from Holland should be addressed to the Brethren residing in Prussia; and at the Synod of Clausenburg, in Transylvania, held in the same year, the following resolution was passed. "Since we enjoy a well-grounded expectation, that in the Dukedom of Prussia we are likely to obtain a firm and secure settlement, under the protection of the Most Serene Elector, let all the Brethren send their letters, and the money collected elsewhere, to Prussia, particularly Naeranus from Holland, Crellius from Holstein, and others from England and Holland." Przipcovius was at the same time instructed to draw up an accurate account, in Latin, of the injuries inflicted on the Socinian body, by the Poles, Swedes and Russians; and to communicate it to others, in order to excite their compassion, but especially to transmit it to Naeranus in Holland. Przipcovius addressed a letter to Naeranus from Königsberg, which was written in the autumn of 1663, and from which it appears, that Naeranus assisted in ushering into the word Przipcovius's Reply to George Niemericius. There are also three of Naeranus's own letters in the "Epistles of the Remonstrants," (No. 604, 608 and 610,) one of which, addressed to Abraham Heydan, evinces the most intense interest in the welfare of the Polish exiles. The letter in which he announces the death of his father to Ruarus has already been noticed (see article Samuel Naeranus); but besides this, there are two addressed by Ruarus to himself, one of which contains particulars respecting the banishment of the Unitarian Ministers and Professors from Racow, in the year 1638.

(Vidend. Bock, Hist . Ant. T. I. pp. 524, 525. 688. Hist. Socin. Pruss. § xv. pp. 61,62. Ruari Epp. Cent . i. N. 82, 83; Cent . ii. N. 40. Epistolse Kemonstrantium, l. c.)

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