Christopher Sandius
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Christopher Sandius Jr. was an Arian
writer and publisher of Socinian works without himself being a Socinian.
His name was Latinized as Christophorus Sandius, though his German name appears to have been Christoph Sand, and he was known as Christof Van den Sand during his later years in the Netherlands.
Following research by Lech Szczucki
it appears that Sandius Jr. was well educated by his rigorous father, Christopher Sandius Sr., (d.1686) a government official in Königsberg, who himself was later removed from his office for anti-Trinitarian sympathies. Sandius Jr. moved to Amsterdam and earned his living as an editor, translator and publisher, he became well-recognized among European intellectuals. Sandius Jr. promoted the view that Arianism
was the high point of the theology of the Early Church. He remained on good terms with exiled Polish Socinians Andrzej Wiszowaty
and Stanislaw Lubieniecki
, while engaging in friendly polemics with them on the problem of the pre-existence of Christ
which they denied, but Sandius, as an Arian
, accepted.
Sandius Jr. also enjoyed close relationship with Benedictus Spinoza especially at the end of his life, when he became known as one of philosopher's most faithful followers. Between 1676-1680 he defended the anonymous author of the Tractatus theologico-politicus in correspondence with the Catholic theologian Pierre Daniel Huet
.
's Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum quos Unitarios vocant. 1668 ("post A.D. 1656" incorrect)
Posthumous. ed. Benedykt Wiszowaty
, grandson of Fausto Sozzini:
Arianism
Arianism is the theological teaching attributed to Arius , a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt, concerning the relationship of the entities of the Trinity and the precise nature of the Son of God as being a subordinate entity to God the Father...
writer and publisher of Socinian works without himself being a Socinian.
His name was Latinized as Christophorus Sandius, though his German name appears to have been Christoph Sand, and he was known as Christof Van den Sand during his later years in the Netherlands.
Following research by Lech Szczucki
Lech Szczucki
Prof. Lech Szczucki , is a Polish historian of philosophy and culture, particularly noted since the 1960s for his work on the Polish Brethren. He is an professor emeritus of the Polish Academy of Sciences , Institute of Philosophy and Sociology. A regular member of the Warsaw Scientific Society, a...
it appears that Sandius Jr. was well educated by his rigorous father, Christopher Sandius Sr., (d.1686) a government official in Königsberg, who himself was later removed from his office for anti-Trinitarian sympathies. Sandius Jr. moved to Amsterdam and earned his living as an editor, translator and publisher, he became well-recognized among European intellectuals. Sandius Jr. promoted the view that Arianism
Arianism
Arianism is the theological teaching attributed to Arius , a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt, concerning the relationship of the entities of the Trinity and the precise nature of the Son of God as being a subordinate entity to God the Father...
was the high point of the theology of the Early Church. He remained on good terms with exiled Polish Socinians Andrzej Wiszowaty
Andrzej Wiszowaty
Andrzej Wiszowaty Sr. was a Socinian theologian who worked with Joachim Stegmann on the Racovian Catechism of 1605, and taught at the Racovian Academy of the Polish Brethren....
and Stanislaw Lubieniecki
Stanislaw Lubieniecki
Stanisław Lubieniecki was a Polish Socinian theologist, historian, astronomer, and writer.-Family:He was born into an aristocratic family closely linked with Socinianism:-Works:...
, while engaging in friendly polemics with them on the problem of the pre-existence of Christ
Pre-existence of Christ
The pre-existence of Christ refers to the doctrine of the ontological or personal existence of Christ before his conception. One of the relevant Bible passages is where, in the Trinitarian view, Christ is identified with a pre-existent divine hypostasis called the Logos or Word...
which they denied, but Sandius, as an Arian
Arianism
Arianism is the theological teaching attributed to Arius , a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt, concerning the relationship of the entities of the Trinity and the precise nature of the Son of God as being a subordinate entity to God the Father...
, accepted.
Sandius Jr. also enjoyed close relationship with Benedictus Spinoza especially at the end of his life, when he became known as one of philosopher's most faithful followers. Between 1676-1680 he defended the anonymous author of the Tractatus theologico-politicus in correspondence with the Catholic theologian Pierre Daniel Huet
Pierre Daniel Huet
Pierre Daniel Huet was a French churchman and scholar, editor of the Delphin Classics, founder of the Academie du Physique in Caen and Bishop of Soissons from 1685 to 1689 and afterwards of Avranches.-Life:...
.
Works
Possible involvement with Frans KuyperFrans Kuyper
Frans Kuyper was a Dutch Socinian writer and printer.First a Remonstrant minister at Vlaardingen, he left the church on his objection to infant baptism...
's Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum quos Unitarios vocant. 1668 ("post A.D. 1656" incorrect)
- 1669 Nucleus Historiae Ecclesiasticae, in 2 vols. 8vo, reprinted at Cologne, in 1676: and in London in 1681.
- 1671 Tractatus de Origine Animae, 1671.
- 1677 Notae et Observationes in G. J. Vossium de Historicis Latinis
- Centuria Epigrammatum
- Interpretation es paracloxae IV. Evangeliorum”
- Confessio Fidei de Deo Patre, Filio, et Spiritu Saricto, secunduia Scripturam;”
- Hermann Cingallus (pseud.) Scriptura sacrae trinitatis revelatrix
Posthumous. ed. Benedykt Wiszowaty
Benedykt Wiszowaty
Benedykt Wiszowaty was a Polish Socinian author and publisher.He was the great-grandson of Fausto Sozzini, grandson of Stanisław Wiszowaty, and son of Andrzej Wiszowaty Sr. and Aleksandra Rupniowska. Benedykt married Katarzyna Przypkowska and was father of Andrzej Wiszowaty Jr...
, grandson of Fausto Sozzini:
- “Bibliotheca antitrinitariorumBibliotheca antitrinitariorumThe Bibliotheca antitrinitariorum, or Antitrinitarian Library, first published in 1684, is a posthumous work of Christopher Sandius , an exiled Prussian Antitrinitarian in Amsterdam, in which he chronologically lists all the Arian and Socinian or Antitrinitarian authors from the Reformation to...
,” posthumously FreistadtFreistadtFreistadt is a small Austrian town in the state of Upper Austria in the region Mühlviertel. With a population of approximately 7,500 residents, it is a trade centre for local villages. Freistadt is the economic centre of a district of the same name District Freistadt...
, Austria 1684, 12mo, containing an account of the lives and writings of Socinian authors such as Georg SchomannGeorg SchomannGeorg Schomann was a Socinian theologian.In his youth, was distinguished by a deep Catholic religiosity. In the years 1552-1554 he studied at the Krakow Academy and then at Wittenberg, where he was Lutheran...
, and some tracts giving many particulars of the history of the Polish Socinians.