Samuel Przypkowski
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Samuel Przypkowski (1592–1670) was a Polish Socinian theologian, a leading figure in the Polish Brethren
and an advocate of religious toleration
. In Dissertatio de pace et concordia ecclesiae, published in 1628 in Amsterdam
, he called for mutual tolerance by Christians. He was also a poet in Latin and Polish.
, returning to Poland in the 1630s. He engaged in controversy with the Jesuit Szymon Starowolski
concerning his Braterskie napomnienie ad dissidentes in religione (1644), and Daniel Zwicker
.
He married Alexandra, daughter of Jerzy Czaplic.
The influence of his works was considerable, if obscured in Western Europe by anonymous publication (the Dissertatio was attributed to a 'Polish knight'); and 'Socinian' became for a period a by-word for the advocacy of tolerance. While there is an intellectual connection to John Locke
and his Reasonableness of Christianity (1695), it is argued that Locke was not familiar with the Dissertation until after 1695. Like his English contemporaries generally, Locke was probably also unaware of the authorship of the work, commonly ascribed at the time to John Hales
.
Polish Brethren
The Polish Brethren were members of the Minor Reformed Church of Poland, a Nontrinitarian Protestant church that existed in Poland from 1565 to 1658...
and an advocate of religious toleration
Religious toleration
Toleration is "the practice of deliberately allowing or permitting a thing of which one disapproves. One can meaningfully speak of tolerating, ie of allowing or permitting, only if one is in a position to disallow”. It has also been defined as "to bear or endure" or "to nourish, sustain or preserve"...
. In Dissertatio de pace et concordia ecclesiae, published in 1628 in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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, he called for mutual tolerance by Christians. He was also a poet in Latin and Polish.
Life
He studied at the University of Leiden and AltdorfAltdorf
Altdorf may refer to: In Switzerland:*Altdorf, Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Uri , *Altdorf, Schaffhausen, a village in the canton of Schaffhausen ,...
, returning to Poland in the 1630s. He engaged in controversy with the Jesuit Szymon Starowolski
Szymon Starowolski
Szymon Starowolski was a writer, scholar and historian in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was probably born near Pruzhany, and died near Kraków. He was very prolific writer, left behind over 70 works, mostly in Latin...
concerning his Braterskie napomnienie ad dissidentes in religione (1644), and Daniel Zwicker
Daniel Zwicker
Daniel Zwicker was a German physician from Danzig, and a Socinian theologian and controversialist of the Polish Brethren.-Life:He was the son of Friedrich Zwicker, Lutheran minister of the Church of St. Bartholomew at Danzig...
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He married Alexandra, daughter of Jerzy Czaplic.
Works
- Dissertatio de pace (1628), English translation by John DuryJohn DuryJohn Dury was a Scottish Calvinist minister and a significant intellectual of the English Civil War period. He made efforts to re-unite the Calvinist and Lutheran wings of Protestantism, hoping to succeed when he moved to Kassel in 1661, but he did not accomplish this...
- Vita Fausti Socini, a life of Fausto Sozzini , English translation by John BiddleJohn Biddle (Unitarian)John Biddle or Bidle was an influential English nontrinitarian, and Unitarian. He is often called "the Father of English Unitarianism".- Life :...
- Cogitationes sacrae in Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum
- De iure Christiani magistratus et privatorum in belli pacisque negotiis (c. 1650)
The influence of his works was considerable, if obscured in Western Europe by anonymous publication (the Dissertatio was attributed to a 'Polish knight'); and 'Socinian' became for a period a by-word for the advocacy of tolerance. While there is an intellectual connection to John Locke
John Locke
John Locke FRS , widely known as the Father of Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social...
and his Reasonableness of Christianity (1695), it is argued that Locke was not familiar with the Dissertation until after 1695. Like his English contemporaries generally, Locke was probably also unaware of the authorship of the work, commonly ascribed at the time to John Hales
John Hales
John Hales was an English theologian born in St. James's parish, Bath, England. As eminent divine and critic, his singular talents and learning have procured him by common consent the title of the "Ever-memorable".-Life:...
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