Crossword clues for socinian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Socinian \So*cin"i*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians.
Socinian \So*cin"i*an\, n. One of the followers of Socinus; a believer in Socinianism.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s (n.); 1690s (adj.), in reference to followers or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, Latinized name of Fausto Sozzini (1539-1604), Italian anti-trinitarian theologian who held Christ to be human, if divinely endowed, and the Holy Spirit to be divine energy, not a person. He broke with the Church and organized the Polish Brethren.
Usage examples of "socinian".
The appearance of the Socinians about 1550, and the mutual animosity of the several sects, including the Anabaptist, was destructive.
The predictions of the Catholics are accomplished: the web of mystery is unravelled by the Arminians, Arians, and Socinians, whose number must not be computed from their separate congregations.