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- noun Plural form of
Socinian .
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Under the head "Socinians" -- a name repudiated by themselves -- an opponent was allowed not merely to state their alleged doctrines in his own way, but to apply strong terms, such as "audacious unfairness," to some of their doings.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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The Socinians were a very ill-defined group traceable to the late sixteenth-century Italian Fausto Sozzini, the Polish Brethren, and Unitarianism.
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Yea, from the same unbelief it is that at this day the very notion of the truth herein is rejected by many, even all those who are called Socinians, and all that adhere unto them in the disbelief of supernatural mysteries.
Gospel Grounds and Evidences of the Faith of God���s Elect 1616-1683 1965
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"Unitarian," for even the immediate converts of Socinus refused to be called Socinians, alleging that their belief was founded on the teaching of
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Christ were always called Socinians in Wesley's time; it was only at the end of the eighteenth century that they began to be generally called Unitarians.
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Those, therefore, who deny the Divine of the Lord and are called Socinians have been excommunicated from the church, and those who deny the holiness of the
Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence Emanuel Swedenborg 1730
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God and men, the man Christ Jesus '(1 Tim 2: 5); and this discovers the damnable errors of those commonly called Socinians, who on the one hand deny him that was born of the Virgin Mary to be true
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658
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But perhaps it may be said, the 'Socinians' do not admit this doctrine as being taught in the Bible.
The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 James Gillman
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Once again, only scripture, which the Socinians accept, can provide the proper defense.
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Although he asserts the divinity of Christ, he agrees with the Socinians on the importance of the moral example of Christ, and for him the message of Christ is one of toleration.
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