Polish Brethren

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Christian religious movement Unitarian movement anti-Trinitarian group

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Arians of Poland	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious movement ⓘ Unitarian movement ⓘ anti-Trinitarian group ⓘ
activeInCentury	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ
center	Little Poland (Małopolska) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lublin region NERFINISHED ⓘ Raków Częstochowa ⓘ surface form: Raków
consequenceOfSuppression	expulsion of members from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
country	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
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	Polish Brethren ⓘ surface form: Arians of Poland Ecclesia Minor ⓘ Polish Reformed churches ⓘ surface form: Minor Reformed Church of Poland Socinians ⓘ
influenced	Unitarianism ⓘ surface form: English Unitarians Enlightenment religious thought ⓘ Hungarian Unitarian Church ⓘ surface form: 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 Poland ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Polish nobility supportive of Counter-Reformation ⓘ
produced	Racovian Catechism ⓘ
region	Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
separatedFrom	Calvinism ⓘ Polish Reformed churches ⓘ surface form: Polish Calvinist Church
suppressedBy	royal edict of 1658 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Unitarianism ⓘ anti-Trinitarianism ⓘ

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

Socinians → associatedWith → Polish Brethren ⓘ

Polish Brethren → hasAlternativeName → Polish Brethren ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arians of Poland

Unitarianism → historicallyAssociatedWith → Polish Brethren ⓘ