Polish Brethren

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The Polish Brethren were a radical 16th–17th century Christian movement in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth known for their anti-Trinitarian (Unitarian) theology, religious tolerance, and early advocacy of social and political reform.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Polish Brethren canonical 15
Arians of Poland 2
Polish Brethren (Socinians) 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious movement ⓘ
Unitarian movement ⓘ
anti-Trinitarian group ⓘ
activeInCentury 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
center Little Poland (Małopolska) ⓘ
linked to: Lesser Poland

Lublin region ⓘ
linked to: Lublin Voivodeship

Raków ⓘ
linked to: Raków Częstochowa
consequenceOfSuppression expulsion of members from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
country Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
dissolved mid-17th century ⓘ
doctrine denial of Christ’s pre-existence as a divine person ⓘ
emphasis on following the moral teachings of Jesus ⓘ
opposition to serfdom and social inequality ⓘ
rejection of coercion in matters of faith ⓘ
support for separation of church and state ⓘ
founded 1560s ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Arians of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish Brethren

Ecclesia Minor ⓘ
Minor Reformed Church of Poland ⓘ
Socinians ⓘ
influenced English Unitarians ⓘ
linked to: Unitarianism

Enlightenment religious thought ⓘ
Transylvanian Unitarians ⓘ
early modern Unitarianism ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of political reform ⓘ
advocacy of social reform ⓘ
early Unitarian theology in Eastern Europe ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
rational approach to Scripture ⓘ
rejection of the doctrine of the Trinity ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
legacy development of liberal Protestant and Unitarian traditions in Europe ⓘ
notableMember Fausto Sozzini ⓘ
Johannes Crellius ⓘ
Jonasz Szlichtyng ⓘ
Marcin Czechowic ⓘ
Piotr z Goniądza ⓘ
partOf Radical Reformation ⓘ
persecutedBy Catholic Church in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Polish nobility supportive of Counter-Reformation ⓘ
produced Racovian Catechism ⓘ
region Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
separatedFrom Calvinism ⓘ
Polish Calvinist Church ⓘ
suppressedBy royal edict of 1658 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Unitarianism ⓘ
anti-Trinitarianism ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Unitarianism → historicallyAssociatedWith → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Polish Brethren → hasAlternativeName → Arians of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish Brethren
Socinians → associatedWith → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Ecclesia Minor → alsoKnownAs → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Ecclesia Minor → alsoKnownAs → Arians of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish Brethren
Ecclesia Minor → alsoKnownAs → Socinians in Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish Brethren
Racovian Catechism → religiousTradition → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Racovian Catechism → publisher → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Fausto Sozzini → movement → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Fausto Sozzini → influenced → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Johannes Crellius → religiousAffiliation → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Johannes Crellius → movement → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Raków → associatedWithMovement → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Jonasz Szlichtyng → movement → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Jonasz Szlichtyng → affiliation → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Piotr z Goniądza → movement → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Marcin Czechowic → movement → Polish Brethren ⓘ
Marcin Czechowic → affiliation → Polish Brethren (Socinians) ⓘ
linked to: Polish Brethren
Unitarian Church → historicalRoots → Polish Brethren ⓘ