Matthias Albinus
Maciej Albin or Latin Matthias Albinus (fl. 1570s) was a Polish Calvinist minister at Iwanowice Dworskie who became the first to administer Believer's baptism in Poland, and then became openly Unitarian.
Overview
[edit]He differed from the Calvinists and many of the Arians at Pińczów in denying the pre-existence of Christ. And at the Synod of Skrzynno in 1567 stood with Georg Schomann, Gregory Pauli and Marcin Czechowic among the Polish Brethren.[1] Although the term Socinian is anachronistic, he was counted among Socinian authors by Christopher Sandius.[2]
Robert Robinson's Ecclesiastical Researches (1792)[3] incorrectly states that Albinus was a Trinitarian till the end of his life but this is contradicted by Bock, Historia Antitrinitarianorum.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Walerjan Krasinski Historical sketch of the rise, progress, and decline of the Reformation in Poland 1838 p361
- ^ Christopher SandiusBibliotheca antitrinitariorum p48
- ^ Robert Robinson Ecclesiastical Researches 1792 p.580
- ^ Friedrich Samuel Bock, Historia Antitrinitariorum, 2 vols. 1776-1783. p1040
- ^ Robert Wallace, Sketches of the lives and writings of distinguished antitrinitarians - Page 239 1850 "Matthias Albinus continued a Trinitarian till his death ; but Bock has included him in his supplementary list of ...