Andrzej Wiszowaty

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Andrea Wissowatio

From A HISTORY OF UNITARIANISM, 1945 by Earl Morse Wilbur

" Distinguished men like Grotius, then living in exile in France, the liberal Calvinist Sorbière and the Catholic Mersenne, carried on amicable exchange of views with the brethren of Raków. "  
(pp. 424-5)

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When Grotius returned to Paris in 1632 he became the centre of a circle of Polish youth, who seem to have been largely Socinians. Andrew Wiszowaty in the course of his wide travels had intimate relations not only with him but also with Gassendi, Mersenne and other distinguished men. One of the most interesting of these was Samuel Sorbière, member of a prominent Calvinist family, who had been designed for the Protestant ministry but had left it for medicine, and finally ended a Catholic. Wiszowaty made his acquaintance, interested him in Socinian thought, and for several years corresponded with him. Ruar thought him very near the Socinian camp, and by the Calvinists he was even charged with being a Socinian. [etc]  
(p. 527)

A HISTORY OF UNITARIANISM, SOCINIANISM AND ITS ANTECEDENTS
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press 1945.

 

Bibliographic

Author Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723. Title Divanul / ediţie îngrijită şi studiu introductiv de Virgil Cândea. Publisher Bucureşti : Editura pentru literatură, 1969. Description cix, 565 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. Series Opere Scriitori români. Note Appendix, in Latin (p. 423-[462]): "Stimuli virtutum, fraena peccatorum" by Andréas Wissowatius. Includes indexes. Note Bibliography: p. [559]-[566].

Author Sand, Christof, 1644-1680. Title Bibliotheca anti-trinitariorum, sive Catalogus scriptorum, & succincta narratio de vita eorum auctorum, qui prĉterito & hoc seculo, vulgo receptum dogma de tribus in unico Deo per omnia ĉqualibus personis vel impugnarunt, vel docuerunt solum Patrem D. N. J. Christi esse illum verum seu altissimum Deum. Opus posthumum Christophori Chr. Sandii. Accedunt alia quĉdam scripta quorum seriem pagina post prĉfationem dabit. Quĉ omnia simul juncta compendium historiĉ ecclesiasticĉ Unitatariorum, qui Sociniani vulgo audiunt, exhibent. Publisher Freistadii [i.e. Amsterdam], apud Johannem Aconium, 1684 Description 8 p.l., 296 p. 16 cm. Contents Bibliotheca anti-trinitariorum.--Joh. Stoinii epitome historiĉ originis Vnitariorum in Polonia.--Georgii Schomanni testamentum ultimĉ voluntatis: continens vitĉ ipsius.--De typographiis Vnitariorum in Polonia.--Brevis relatio de Joh. Tyscovicii martyrio.--Andr. Wissowatii narratio compendiosa quomodo in Polonia à Trinitariis reformatis separati sint Christiani vnitarii. Accedit historia de Spiritu Belga.--Anonymi epistola exhibens vitĉ ac mortis Andreĉ Wissowatii.--Vindiciĉ pro Vnitariorum in Polonia religionis libertate ab equite polono conscriptae. Language Latin Subject Tyscovicius, Johannes, d. 1611. Pastor, Adam, pseud., 16th cent. Socinianism -- Bio-bibliography. Printing -- Poland -- History. Poland -- Church history. Added Entry Stojeński, Jan, 1590-1654. Schomann, Georg. Wissowatius, Andreas, 1608-1678. Format Book

 

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