Socinianism
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So·cin·i·an
(sō-sĭn′ē-ən)n.
An adherent of a 16th-century Italian sect holding unitarian views, including denial of the divinity of Jesus.
adj.
Of or relating to the Socinians or their doctrines.
[New Latin Sociniānus, after Laelius Socinus and Faustus Socinus.]
So·cin′i·an·ism n.
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Socinianism
the heretical tenets of Faustus Socinius, a 16th-century Italian theologian, denying the divinity of Christ, the existence of Satan, original sin, the atonement, and eternal punishment, and explaining sin and salva-tion in rationalistic terms. Cf. Racovianism. — Socinian, n., adj.
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