Jonasz Szlichtyng
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Jonasz Szlichtyng (Bukowiec, Lubusz Voivodeship
1592 - Sulechów
1661) was a Polish nobleman, theologian of the Socinian Polish Brethren
and father of Krzysztof Szlichtyng.
He studied in Germany, from where he returned to teach in Raków, Kielce County at the Racovian Academy
, and then in Lusławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. 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
, 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 (nephew of Johann Crell) and Marcin Ruar
, had influence on English Unitarians
.
Posthumus:
Bukowiec, Lubusz Voivodeship
Bukowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Międzyrzecz, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland...
1592 - Sulechów
Sulechów
Sulechów is a town in Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Zielona Góra County. It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Sulechów.-History:The area by 990 had been conquered by Duke Mieszko I of Poland and from 1138 was part of the Duchy of Silesia....
1661) was a Polish nobleman, theologian of the Socinian Polish Brethren
Polish Brethren
The Polish Brethren were members of the Minor Reformed Church of Poland, a Nontrinitarian Protestant church that existed in Poland from 1565 to 1658...
and father of Krzysztof Szlichtyng.
He studied in Germany, from where he returned to teach in Raków, Kielce County at the Racovian Academy
Racovian Academy
The Racovian Academy was a school of the Socinian Polish Brethren operating in Raków, Kielce County, Poland 1602-1638, and publisher of the Racovian Catechism in 1605....
, and then in Lusławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. 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
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, 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 (nephew of Johann Crell) and Marcin Ruar
Marcin Ruar
Marcin Ruar , pseudonym Aretius Crispinus) was a Socinian writer, advocate of religious tolerance, and rector of the Racovian Academy from 1620 to 1622....
, had influence on English Unitarians
Unitarianism
Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being....
.
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 Vol.VI Commentaria posthuma, in plerosque Novi Testamenti libros including Hebrews Commentarius in Epistolam ad Hebræos 1634 Galatians Romans etc.
- 1685 ed. Grotius: 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.