Synods of Pińczów
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The Synods of Pińczów were a series of 22 Calvinist synods held in the town of Pińczów
from 1550-1563.
At the time of the Reformation Pińczów
belonged to a Calvinist nobleman, Nicholas Oleśnicki, and was one of the centers of Calvinism and Arianism in Poland. Synods were held in the former Pauline monastery church. Associated with these synods were the Pińczów Academy
and the Brest Bible
translation project, together with the emergence of the Polish Brethren
who were later known as Socinians.
,(January 22, 1556), Peter Gonesius denied the Trinity, leading to his excommunication mentioned above, and gave a more complete development of his doctrine at the synod of Brest, in Lithuania, in 1558, when he rejected the baptism of infants.
Pinczów
Pińczów is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodship, about 40 km south of Kielce. It is the capital of Pińczów County. Population is 12,304 .-History:...
from 1550-1563.
At the time of the Reformation Pińczów
Pinczów
Pińczów is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodship, about 40 km south of Kielce. It is the capital of Pińczów County. Population is 12,304 .-History:...
belonged to a Calvinist nobleman, Nicholas Oleśnicki, and was one of the centers of Calvinism and Arianism in Poland. Synods were held in the former Pauline monastery church. Associated with these synods were the Pińczów Academy
Pińczów Academy
The Pińczów Academy or Gymnasium was a Calvinist college in Pińczów, Poland from 1550-1565. This coincides with the Calvinist synods of Pińczów 1550-1564....
and the Brest Bible
Brest Bible
The Brest Bible was the first comprehensive Polish language Protestant Bible translation, published in 1563 in Brest and dedicated to King Sigismund II Augustus....
translation project, together with the emergence of the 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...
who were later known as Socinians.
Major Protestant synods in Pińczów
- Autumn 1550 - the first congress of Protestant gentry and clergy.
- April 1556 Peter Gonesius is the first Antitrinitarian to be excommunicated.
- 1559 Jan LaskiJan LaskiJan Łaski, John Laski, Johannes Alasco, John a Lasco , was a Polish Protestant evangelical reformer. It is owing to his influential work in England Jan Łaski, John Laski, Johannes Alasco, John a Lasco (1499 – 8 January 1560), was a Polish Protestant evangelical reformer. It is owing to his...
convenes a synod against Francesco StancaroFrancesco StancaroFranciscus Stancarus was an Italian priest, professor of Hebrew at the University of Königsberg.He engaged in debate with Jan Laski and Peter Martyr Vermigli.- References :... - 1559 - Remigiusz Chełmski and the French grammarian Pierre StatoriusPierre StatoriusPierre Statorius was a French grammarian and theologian, who settled among the Polish Brethren, becoming rector of a the Calvinist Academy in Pińczów at the invitation of Francesco Lismanino....
deny the validity of prayer to the Holy Spirit, calling it "blasphemy." The Synod approves a draft translation of the Bible of Brest and appoints translators to work on the project. - In 1562 Stanisław PaklepkaStanisław PaklepkaStanisław Paklepka, Latin Paclesius was one of the first generation of Polish Calvinists, then later an Arian. At the Synods of Pińczów in 1562 Stanisław Paklepka and Gregory Paul of Brzeziny rejected the doctrine of the Trinity as a "papal" concept, without Biblical support, as also infant...
and Gregory Paul of BrzezinyGrzegorz Paweł z BrzezinGrzegorz Paweł z Brzezin , Latin: Gregorius Paulus Brzezinensis) , was a Socinian writer and theologian, one of the principal creators and propagators of radical wing of the Polish Brethren, and author of several of the first theological works in Polish, which helped to the development of literary...
reject the doctrine of the Trinity as a "papal" concept, without Biblical support. On 2 April, a majority approve of a synodal creed rejecting the Trinity. - In October 1563, the last General Synod in Pińczów sees the formation of a "Polish Minor Reformed Church" (Ecclesia minor), comprising antitrinitarians, called "Arians" or "Polish Brethren", who separate from the Greater Calvinist Reformed Church (Ecclesia maior).
- substantially translated from Polish Wikipedia
Other Protestant synods
Pińczów was not the only location of Protestant synods. In 1556, at the Synod of SeceminSecemin
Secemin is a village in Włoszczowa County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Secemin. It lies approximately south-west of Włoszczowa and west of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a population of 1,600.-References:...
,(January 22, 1556), Peter Gonesius denied the Trinity, leading to his excommunication mentioned above, and gave a more complete development of his doctrine at the synod of Brest, in Lithuania, in 1558, when he rejected the baptism of infants.
Polish Brethren synods
- 1564 Synod of Piotrków Trybunalski, where a final separation of Calvinists and Polish Brethren took place.
- December 25, 1565 anti-Trinitarian synod at Węgrów
- 24 June 1567 Synod of SkrzynnoSynod of SkrzynnoThe Synod of Skrzynno 24 June 1567 was a synod between the Arians and Socinians among the Antitrinitarian Polish Brethren.From 1550-1563 Calvinists and Arians had met together at the Synods of Pińczów, the final synod in 1563 marking the break between the Calvinist ecclesia maior and the ecclesia...
a synod between the Arians and Socinians among the Antitrinitarian Polish Brethren