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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.
From JOHN LOCKE, 1994 by John Marshall
'Locke read Hales' Golden Remains and read and
recommended for some of his students the Dutch Remonstrant Hugo Grotius'
De Veritate Religionis Christianae. Grotius' work stressed a
natural theology against atheism, . . avoiding discussion of
almost all theological controversies, (etc).'
JOHN LOCKE Resistance,
Religion and Responsibility
Cambridge University Press 1994, p. 25.
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