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Socinus Bible

The Bible and the writings of the Socinians in one app

The King James Version, the Luther Bible of 1912 and the Racovian New Testament of 1630 – with Strong’s numbers, a lexicon and the complete Socinian library. Everything is stored on the device and works without the internet.

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The app is in English and German; the Racovian Catechism is also included in Spanish, French and Polish. For iPhone and iPad the app is coming soon to the App Store.

17: works of the Socinians
3: Bible editions
17,000+: Bible references linked to the works
19,671: lexicon entries on the original text

Bible and works, linked in both directions

Beside every verse, a book mark in the margin carries a number: that is how many passages in the works expound the verse. One tap lists them, another opens the passage in the work, a third takes you back to the Bible. The other way round, every Bible reference in a work is a link – reading Sozzini, you have the verse in front of you at once.

A tap on a word opens the lexicon with the Hebrew or Greek original, its transliteration, meaning and grammar. So every interpretation can be checked against the original text – in the spirit of the Socinian scripture principle.

A look inside the app

Reading. The King James Version with Strong’s numbers. The number in the margin tells how often the works expound the verse.
Lexicon. Tap a word: original, transliteration, meaning and grammar.
Original text. Every verse word by word, with transliteration, Strong’s number and grammar.
Library. 17 works of the Socinians and a glossary from A to Z.
Works. Every Bible reference in the text leads straight into the Bible.
Racovian NT 1630. With marginal notes and the differences from Luther’s wording.
Light and dark. Light, dark or black – for reading by day and by night.
Study. Verse of the day with the works that expound it, and reading plans.

The Socinian library

17 works of the Socinian Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries, all in German and 16 of them in English; the Racovian Catechism is also included in Spanish, French and Polish. Every work has footnotes, an index of Bible passages and its own search, and a glossary covers more than 1,500 terms.

Fausto Sozzini: On Jesus Christ the Saviour
On the Nature of Jesus Christ
On the Authority of Holy Scripture
On the Church
On Justification
On the Honor of Christ
On the Existence of the Only-Begotten Son of God
On the Non-Invocation of Jesus Christ in Prayer
Theological Lectures (in German)
Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount
Commentary on the First Epistle of John
Johannes Crell: Christian Ethics
Aristotelian Ethics
Michael Servetus: On the Divine Trinity
On the Mystery of the Trinity
Andrzej Wiszowaty: Rational Religion
Polish Brethren: The Racovian Catechism

What the app contains

Three Bible editions

King James Version (1769) with Strong’s numbers
Luther Bible 1912 (German): here too a tap leads to the original word; words are linked by fixed, verifiable rules and marked as such, uncertain words stay without a number
Racovian New Testament of 1630 (German) by Johannes Crell and Joachim Stegmann, newly edited with over 10,000 marginal notes; differences from Luther’s wording are marked and listed per chapter

Original text

Lexicon with 19,671 entries from Strong’s Dictionary and STEP Bible: Hebrew or Greek word, transliteration, meaning, grammar, derivation and renderings
All occurrences of a word, with their distribution across the books and filters
Interlinear: the original text of every verse with transliteration, Strong’s numbers and grammar in plain words

Read and compare

Parallel view: a second edition or the original under every verse
Compare a verse across all editions
Over 330,000 cross-references (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge)
Words of Jesus in red (King James Version)

Search

Words and phrases across the Bible, the works, the Racovian NT and its marginal notes, with counts
Strong’s numbers such as G3056 and references such as “John 3:16”
Similar forms, match case, limit to a testament, a book or the works

Listen

Have the Bible and the works read aloud, with the current verse highlighted
Speed and sleep timer

Study

Verse of the day from 366 passages, with an optional daily reminder
Seven reading plans, for example the Bible in a year or “Socinian key texts”: the 30 chapters the works expound most often
Reading progress in the chapter grid and in each work’s contents, continue reading and history

Your entries

Highlights in five colors, notes and bookmarks, in the Bible and in the works
Collections and “My entries” with filters and search
Copy verses with their reference or share them as an image card
Export a backup file and restore it

Display

Light, dark, black or system appearance
Text size and line spacing, system font size, screen reader, reduced motion
English or German for interface and content, set separately

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Sources: Luther Bible 1912 (public domain), King James Version with Strong’s numbers (CrossWire), STEP Bible and CrossReferences.org (CC BY 4.0), Strong’s Dictionary. Credits in the app.