Newton Isaac (section 2) I t is reasonable to presume, that the attention of Newton was directed to the consideration of 1 John v. 7, and 1 Tim. iii. 16, by the fact, that these passages were regarded as main supports of the Trinitarian doctrine; and...
Ostens James ou Jacob O stens James ou Jacob w as a native of Holland, and Minister of the Church of Mennonites, called Waterlandians, at Rotterdam, where he died in the year 1679. He published, in Dutch, 1. Animadversions upon the Confession of G. Aldendorp,...
Patingham Patrick P atingham Patrick is said by Sandius, in his "Nucleus Historiae Ecclesiasticae," (Ed. 1676,) to have been burnt as an Arian, at Uxbridge, in England, August 29th, 1555. The authority, on which this assertion is made, is Thomas Cooper's...
Pauli Stephen P auli Stephen , a Hungarian, son-in-law of Adam Franck , and probably grandson of Gregory Pauli , was Pastor of the Saxon Church of Unitarians at Clausenburg, in Transylvania. He died about the year 1672, at the age of forty-two, or forty-three;...
Powling William P owling William was a sawyer, of Thornham, in Kent, who, in the reign of Mary, made the following Confession, which was signed by himself ; and countersigned by Nicholas Harpsfield, Archdeacon of Canterbury, Warham St. Leger, Thomas Roydon,...
Radzivil Nicholas R adzivil Nicholas , Prince, Palatine of Wilna, and Grand Marshal and Chancellor of Lithuania, was first cousin of Barbara Radzivil, Queen of Poland, and one of the earliest, and most illustrious, as well as consistent patrons of the...
Ruarus Joachim R uarus Joachim , (Germ. Ruar,) the brother of Martin Ruarus , became a student in the University of Altorf on the 9th of July, 1612. He had received the whole of his previous education under the paternal roof ; and his object in going...
Saiovicius Andrew S aiovicius Andrew , (Polon. Saiowicki,) w as one of the Masters of the School of Luclavice, in 1646; but by a resolution of the Assembly of Raszcow, in 1650, he was appointed Minister of the Church collected at Piella. (Vidend. Bock,...
Siedlecius James S iedlecius James , (Polon. Siedletzki,) was appointed a Catechist in the Church at Racow, A. D. 1619 ; and ordained in the following year, as Pastor of the Church at Zarsyn. But in 1628 he removed to Lachowice, at the request of Christopher...
Siemichovia Sophia S iemichovia Sophia was a noble Polish lady, whose name Sandius was unwilling to omit, in his list of Antitrinitarian writers, because it was not only upon record, that she had addressed a letter to Faust Socin on the subject of Baptism,...
Socin Cornelius S ocin Cornelius , (Socinus ; Italien Sozini ou Sozzini,) as we learn from Przipcovius , lived at Sienna, with his brother Camillus , and his nephew Faustus . After that city had fallen under the dominion of the Grand Duke of Tuscany,...
Sohner Ernest S ohner Ernest , was born at Nuremberg, in Franconia, in the year 1572. His father, Mark Sohner, was a merchant, a respectable citizen, and a man of no ordinary merit, on which account he was invested, by Maximilian II., with the privileges...
Stegmann Christopher S tegmann Christopher , t he younger, was the son of Joachim Stegmann , the elder, and brother of Joachim Stegmann , the younger. It has been thought, that he is the person sometimes mentioned in the Acts, under the name of Christian...
Twardochles Matthias T wardochles Matthias is a name, which was known to few ecclesiastical writers before the time of Bock ; and yet a kind of romantic interest attaches to his life. There was a secret history among the Socinians, that he brought up...
Voidovius Andrew V oidovius Andrew , (Polon. Woydowski,) was by birth a Pole, and either the son or the brother of John Voidovius, Pastor of Chmieln, who is mentioned in the Manuscript Acts, as having attended the forty-fifth Synod of Racow, in 1580....
Webberley John W ebberley John , Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, was the son of Thomas Webberley , of East Kirbey, in Lincolnshire. He took his degree of B. D., Jan. 30th, 1640; and even then had the reputation of being a thorough Socinian. He translated...
Palaeologus James P alaeologus James was a native of the isle of Chios, and one of the earliest among the Antitrinitarian Reformers, who taught that Christ was not entitled to the honours of divine worship. Zeltner, who is generally very successful in...
Peterson Daniel P eterson Daniel was a student in the College at Racow, where he was living at his own expense in 1631. In 1633, he undertook to accompany a noble youth of the name of Lubelski in his travels into Holland; but of his subsequent history...
Pistorius Simon P istorius Simon , a native of Oppeln, in Prussian Silesia, must be distinguished from Simon Pistorius, Chancellor of Saxony, who was born at Leipzic, Oct. 28th, 1489, and died at the close of the year 1562 ; and of whom Melchior Adam...
Redoch Wilhelm Davidsz R edoch Wilhelm Davidsz was a native of Amsterdam, and Mennonite Preacher at Groningen. He died, in 1680, near the above-mentioned city, about forty-seven years of age. He was probably a brother, or some relation of G. F. Redoch...
Rynievicius James R ynievicius James , (Polon. Ryniewicki,) a Polish Knight, was the son of Nicholas Rynievicius, a gentleman of good family, but small fortune, in the district of Luckow. He assumed the name of John Trembecius when he was proscribed;...
Securinus John S ecurinus John is mentioned by Przipcovius , in his Life of Faust Socin , as the first, who ventured publicly to defend the opinions which Lelio Socin held. In the Synod of Lancut, A.D. 1567, he boldly advocated these opinions against...
Servet Michael S ervet Michael , (Hispanich, Servedo,) was born in the year 1509, at Villanueva, a town of Arragon, in Spain. Sometimes he called himself Reves, a word formed by the transposition of the name Servedo or Servet, omitting the termination....
Simonis Theodore S imonis Theodore , of Berchstedt, in the Duchy of Holstein, studied in various Schools and Colleges of Germany, and was distinguished both as a Greek scholar, and a Philosopher. He was brought up among the EvangelicoLutherans, and on...
Socin Celse S ocin Celse, (Socinus Celsus ; italien Sozini ou Sozzini,) another brother of Laelius , settled first at Sienna, as Professor Extraordinary of Civil Law ; and afterwards removed to Bologna, where, through his father's interest, he enjoyed...
