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Socinian

Meaning of "Socinian" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SOCINIAN

səʊˈsɪnɪən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOCINIAN

noun
adjective
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Socinian can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES SOCINIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Socinianism

Socinianism is a system of Christian doctrine named for Fausto Sozzini, which was developed among the Polish Brethren in the Minor Reformed Church of Poland during the 16th and 17th centuries and embraced by the Unitarian Church of Transylvania during the same period. It is most famous for its Nontrinitarian Christology but contains a number of other unorthodox beliefs as well.

Definition of Socinian in the English dictionary

The definition of Socinian in the dictionary is a supporter of the beliefs of Faustus and Laelius Socinus, who rejected such traditional Christian doctrines as the divinity of Christ, the Trinity, and original sin, and held that those who follow Christ's virtues will be granted salvation. Other definition of Socinian is of or relating to the Socinians or their beliefs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOCINIAN

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOCINIAN

Society Islands · Society of Jesus · Socinianism · Socinus

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOCINIAN

Arminian · Augustinian · Carolinian · Carthaginian · Darwinian · Einsteinian · Frankensteinian · Geminian · Neo-Darwinian · Ninian · North Carolinian · Pandects of Justinian · peridinian · platyrrhinian · Plinian · Sardinian · Slovenian · South Carolinian · viraginian · West Virginian · Wittgensteinian

Synonyms and antonyms of Socinian in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Socinian» into 25 languages

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Socinian
1,325 millions of speakers
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Socinian
570 millions of speakers
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Socinian
510 millions of speakers
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सोशिनियन
380 millions of speakers
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السوسينيين
280 millions of speakers
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Socinian
278 millions of speakers
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Socinian
270 millions of speakers
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Socinian
260 millions of speakers
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socinienne
220 millions of speakers
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Socinian
190 millions of speakers
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Socinian
180 millions of speakers
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ソッツィーニの
130 millions of speakers
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소키 누스
85 millions of speakers
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Socinian
85 millions of speakers
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Socinian
80 millions of speakers
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Socinian
75 millions of speakers
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Socinian
75 millions of speakers
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Socinian
70 millions of speakers
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sociniano
65 millions of speakers
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Socinian
50 millions of speakers
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Socinian
40 millions of speakers
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Socinian
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Socinian
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Sociniaanse
14 millions of speakers
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Socinian
10 millions of speakers
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Socinian
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOCINIAN»

Discover the use of Socinian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Socinian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Of the Socinian scheme
Of the Socinian Scheme. Mi Parliament into the ifle of Scilly, was an avowed Socinian. He possessed very considerable learning, and a singular understanding. A Catechism he published, and which is printed at London, 1654, discovers an ...
Edward Harwood, 1786
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A Designed End to the Socinian Controversy: or, a rational ...
Mr. Y. attributcs this to the operation of the "Blasphemy Act of W'illiam and Mary ;" but that Act was not passed till three years after the publication of the " Designed End to the Socinian Controversy," and consequently could not have been the ...
John Smith
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Lines to a Socinian Friend; or, the Deity of the Lord Jesus ...
William Kynaston GROVES. Time A SOCINIAN FRIEND ; OR, THE DEITY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DEMONSTRATED BY HIS LIFE. “if, ,.. . ERRATA. “ LINES TO A SOCINIAN FRIEND,
William Kynaston GROVES, 1866
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Lines to a Socinian friend: or, The deity of the lord Jesus ...
William Kynaston Groves. A SOCINIAN FRIEND; OB, THE DEITY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DEMONSTRATED BY HIS LIFE. 'ii "Mihi, ad adjuvandam oommunem Christianismi causam, utinam tarn adessent.
William Kynaston Groves, 1866
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Bibliotheca Britannica, or a general index to British and ...
Diatribae, or Discourses upon Select Texts, against Papists and S. 62 s. — 1684. The Difference between the Protestant and the Socinian Methods, in Answer to a Book written by a Papist, entitled, The Protestant's Plea for a S. 898 z 1687.
Robert Watt, 1824
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Questions to sociobiology
moralism, the role and capacity of reason, and that Christianity included only a very few fundamental doctrines necessary for salvation. l The Socinian movement 2 The Trinity and satisfaction 3 Original sin, mortalism and materialism 4 Reason ...
Edward Craig, 1998
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The Socinian Controversy Discussed in Six Dialogues: Wherein ...
To Which Is Added, A Defense Of The First And Last Dialogues Relating To The Satisfaction Of Jesus Christ.
Charles Leslie, 2010
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The Word and the Sword: Being the Substance of a Lecture ... ...
My Lord, we are told that it is the pure Bible which the Socinian helps us to circulate, and that therefore we are bound to receive his assistance. I deny it altogether. When the damsel, possessed with the spirit of divination, followed Paul, she ...
Charles P. MACCARTHY, James MacConnell HUSSEY, 1861
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Delineation of Roman Catholicism: Drawn from the Authentic ...
have produced infidelity in France, Spain, and elsewhere; but it never succeeded in promoting pure and undefiled religion. The Church of Rome accuses Protestantism of producing Socinian- ism, and that this heresy is the legitimate result of ...
Charles Elliott, 1842
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Dr. Williams's library, and the debate on the Roman Catholic ...
with the history of the adjorned meeting on the 27th. To which is added extracts from the Manchester Socinian controversy, laws relative to dissenting trusts; "A true copy of the last will and testament of the late Reverend Daniel Williams, D.D. " ...
Joseph Ivimey, 1829

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOCINIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Socinian is used in the context of the following news items.
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2015: genombrottsåret för en Folkets konst i Lund?
Till de vanligaste tillmälena hörde epikure, pelagian, socinian, hobbesian, cartesian, spinozist, kalvinist, polygamist, antinomist och ateist! Här var det bättre förr: ... «Tidningen Kulturen, Jul 15»
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Roger Olson's “Arminian Theology'– Part Seven
... some uber-Calvinists to want to caricature Arminian theology in various ways, as you point out in Chapter 3 (it's semi-Pelagian, it's humanism, its Socinian etc.) ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
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Catholic Protestantism
It seems to me no heinous Socinian notion which Chillingworth is blamed for, namely, let all men believe the Scripture, and that only, and endeavour to believe it ... «First Things, Jun 15»
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Why Universalism? “Loving the Hell Out of the World?”
... the theological forbears of today's UUs were often known as Arian Christians or Socinian Christians, depending on whether they thought Jesus was a little less ... «Patheos, Aug 14»
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UUA Bookstore Presents Ron Cordes' Unitarian Universalist History …
It tells the story of the final split between the Unitarians and the Trinitarian Congregationalists in the 1820s and revisits the Arian/Socinian fracture that played out ... «Broadway World, Feb 14»
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SPIRITS IN REBELLION A Brief Meditation on Laelius & Faustus …
This perspective was part of a larger view that has come to be called Socinianism. As the Unitarian theologian and minister Philip Hewett defines it Socinianism ... «Patheos, Jan 14»
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We need more brainy cardinals like Prosper Grech
... the Dutch Remonstrandt Brotherhood, the Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland, the Socinian 'New Licht' within the early Free Church of Scotland, ... «Catholic Herald Online, Nov 13»
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David Barton's Errors
In Locke's time that would have been a reference to Socinians and deists. Supporting this “latitudinarian” view of salvation was one of the primary motives of the ... «First Things, Aug 12»
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Kevin Giles and The Eternal Generation of the Son
As Frank Manuel writes, however, we must be careful to not “pigeonhole [Newton] in one of the recognized categories of heresy—Arian, Socinian, Unitarian, ... «Patheos, May 12»
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Locke, Christianity, and America
So while I think Locke was no Christian (unless you want to call a Socinian or anti-Trinitarian a Christian), he thought of himself as providing arguments and ... «First Things, Jul 11»
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