Andreas Volanus ( lt, Andrius Volanas, pl, Andrzej Wolan, 1530 in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...

– 1610 in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

) was a secretary to the

Grand Duke of Lithuania The monarchy of Lithuania concerned the monarchical head of state of Lithuania, which was established as an absolute and hereditary monarchy. Throughout Lithuania's history there were three ducal dynasties that managed to stay in power—House ...

and an eminent

Calvinist Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...

theologian. Volanus was involved with controversy about both

Jesuits The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

and the

Ecclesia Minor The Polish Brethren (Polish: ''Bracia Polscy'') were members of the Minor Reformed Church of Poland, a Nontrinitarian Protestant church that existed in Poland from 1565 to 1658. By those on the outside, they were called "Arianism, Arians" or "Socin ...

Polish Brethren The Polish Brethren (Polish: ''Bracia Polscy'') were members of the Minor Reformed Church of Poland, a Nontrinitarian Protestant church that existed in Poland from 1565 to 1658. By those on the outside, they were called "Arians" or "Socinians" (, ' ...

.''The Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'' 423

Fausto Sozzini Fausto Paolo Sozzini, also known as Faustus Socinus ( pl, Faust Socyn; 5 December 1539 – 4 March 1604), was an Italian theologian and, alongside his uncle Lelio Sozzini, founder of the Non-trinitarian Christian belief system known as Socinian ...

's ''De Jesu Christi natura'' (1584) is a reply to Volanus.

Works

* Caecitas et poena ecclesiae, libellus lectu dignissimus 1608 * Francisci Turriani ... Contra Andream Volanum ... de sanctissima eucharistia ...1577 * Paraenesis Andreae Volani ad omnes in regno Poloniae, Magnoque Ducatu Lituaniæ. 1582 * Andreæ Volani Ad beatissimum patrem, D. Hippolytum Aldebrandinum ... Oratio 1593 * De dignitate ordinis ecclesiastici regni Poloniæ 1582 * De libertate politica 1572

References

1530 births 1610 deaths Lithuanian Calvinist and Reformed Christians {{Poland-bio-stub