Jonasz Szlichtyng (German: Jonas Schlichting) (1592 in

Bukowiec, Lubusz Voivodeship Bukowiec (formerly German ''Bauchwitz'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Międzyrzecz, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Międzyrzecz Międzyrzecz (; ...

– 1661 in

Sulechów Sulechów (pronounced , german: Züllichau) is a town located within the Zielona Góra County, in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Sulechów. Established in the Middle Ages, the town features many his ...

) was a Polish nobleman, theologian of the

Socinian Socinianism () is a nontrinitarian belief system deemed heretical by the Catholic Church and other Christian traditions. Named after the Italian theologians Lelio Sozzini (Latin: Laelius Socinus) and Fausto Sozzini (Latin: Faustus Socinus), uncle ...

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" (, ' ...

and father of Krzysztof Szlichtyng. He studied in Germany, from where he returned to teach in

Raków, Kielce County Raków is a village in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Raków. It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately south-east of the regional ...

at the

Racovian Academy The Racovian Academy ('' la, Gymnasium Bonarum Artium'') was a Socinian school operated from 1602 to 1638 by the Polish Brethren in Raków, Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland. The communitarian Arian settlement of Raków was founded in 1569 b ...

, and then in

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. Following the 1639 ban on Socinianism he was convicted by the Warsaw parliament in 1647 for spreading "godless" dogma and exiled. He hid for several months in the homes of sympathetic nobles but finally departed for the safety and freedom of the Netherlands, where he was science tutor to Zbigniew Sieniński. During the Swedish invasion 1655 he returned temporarily to

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

, but after their withdrawal he was forced to leave the country again but never made it back to Amsterdam. He died in Sulechów on the border of Silesia. His writings, like those of

Samuel Crell Samuel Crell-Spinowski (25 March 1660 in Kluczbork – 9 June 1747 in Amsterdam) was an Arian philosopher and theologian, pastor of the church of the Polish Brethren. Son of Christopher Crellius and grandson of Johannes Crellius. Samuel's mot ...

(nephew of

Johann Crell Johannes Crellius (Polish: ''Jan Crell'', English: John Crell; 26 July 1590 in Hellmitzheim – 11 June 1633 in Raków) was a Polish and German theologian. Life Johann Crell's father, Johann Crell Sr., was pastor of the church at Hellmitzheim, ...

) and

Marcin Ruar Marcin (Polish pronunciation: ) is a male given name or surname. Notable people with the name Marcin include: Given name * Marcin Dorociński (born 1973), Polish actor * Marcin Gortat (born 1984), Polish basketball player * Marcin Held (born 199 ...

, had influence on English Unitarians.Michael Alexander Stewart ''English philosophy in the age of Locke'' 2000 p118

Major works

Bible commentaries * 1634 Hebrews ''Commentarius in Epistolam ad Hebræos'' 1634 : Galatians Romans etc. republished posthumously. * 1625 "Odpowiedź na script X. D. Clementinusa" (Raków 1625) "An answer to the tract of X.D. Clementinus" * 1637 Ionæ Schlichtingii de ss. Trinitate, de moralibus N.&V. Testamenti * 1636 Quæstiones duæ: vna Num in evangelicorum religione dogmata habeantur, quæ ... * 1635 Quæstio Num ad regnum Dei possidendum necesse sit in nullo peccato * 1642, 1651 Confessio fidei Christiane etc.." (1642) the work which caused his exile, and was then translated into German, French and Dutch. * 1652 Confessionis Christianae ad rogum damnatae & combustae manium a Rev. D ... * 1652 Reverendi viri Nicolai Cichovii, societatis quae Jesu praefert, Centuria Posthumus: * 1665

Biblioteca Fratrum Polonorum The ''Bibliotheca antitrinitariorum'', or ''Antitrinitarian Library'', first published in 1684, is a posthumously published work of Christopher Sandius (English: Christopher Sand), an exiled Prussian Antitrinitarian in Amsterdam, who chronologicall ...

Vol.VI ''Commentaria posthuma, in plerosque Novi Testamenti libros'' including Hebrews ''Commentarius in Epistolam ad Hebræos'' 1634 Galatians Romans etc. * 1685 ed.

Grotius Hugo Grotius (; 10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Huig de Groot () and Hugo de Groot (), was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, poet and playwright. A teenage intellectual prodigy, he was born in Delft ...

: Jonae Slichtingii notae in Hugonis Grotii votum pro pace * 1680 Ethica Aristotelica, ad Sacrarum Literarum normam emendata Joachimus Pastorius, Jonasz Szlichting, Martinus Ruarus, Andreas Wissowatius.

Online edition

''Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum'' Online

References

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