Books by Fausto Sozzini
in English translation
The central works of Fausto Sozzini and his circle are available in modern editions — translated and edited by Marcin Poholski and available on Amazon. The books make a theology that was prohibited and marginalised for centuries accessible again, in the original and in readable form.
Audiobooks
6Selected works to listen to, read in full by an AI voice — as downloads from the shop, with a sample on every product page.
On the One God, the Father
Two Books, in Which Much Is Also Discussed concerning the Nature of the Son of God and of the Holy SpiritCrell’s De uno Deo Patre as an audiobook: the proof from Scripture that the Father of Jesus Christ alone is the supreme God, then the examination of the doctrine of three persons by reason — both books with the prefaces, read in full (AI voice). As M4B with chapter marks and as MP3, with the glossary as PDF.
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Theological Lectures
On Predestination, Free Will and JustificationSocinus’s Praelectiones Theologicae as an audiobook: Adam’s mortality, original sin, free will, God’s predestination and foreknowledge, then justification without satisfaction — all 29 chapters with the editor’s preface, read in full (AI voice). As M4B with chapter marks and as MP3, with the glossary as PDF.
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Christian Ethics
An Explanation of the Virtues and Vices of which Holy Scripture SpeaksCrell’s doctrine of virtue drawn from Scripture alone as an audiobook: all five books, from Christian virtue in general to the duties of particular persons, read in full (AI voice). As M4B with chapter marks and as MP3, with the glossary as PDF.
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On Justification
Socinus’s View on the Justification of the SinnerSocinus’s writings on justification as an audiobook: all eight chapters with the Dialogue between John and Christopher and Socinus’s notes on it, read in full (AI voice). As M4B with chapter marks and as MP3, with the glossary as PDF.
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Racovian Catechism
The doctrinal main document of the Polish BrethrenThe confession of the Polish Brethren in question and answer as an audiobook: all ten chapters with the Preface to the Pious Reader, read in full (AI voice). As M4B with chapter marks and as MP3, with the glossary as PDF.
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On Jesus Christ the Saviour
Socinus’s Polemic Against the Doctrine of SatisfactionSocinus’s principal work against the doctrine of vicarious satisfaction as an audiobook: all four parts, read in full (AI voice), with Covet’s objections quoted verbatim. As M4B with chapter marks and as MP3, with the glossary as PDF.
Sample & buySocinian Editions
8Six writings of Fausto Sozzini, the Racovian Catechism and Wissowatius’ “Rational Religion” — the core holdings of Socinian theology, translated from the Latin into English.
On Jesus Christ the Saviour
Fausto Sozzini’s magnum opus · De Iesu Christo ServatoreSozzini’s principal theological work: a systematic, consistently scriptural engagement with the Reformation doctrine of satisfaction. Sozzini shows that the gospel does not understand redemption as a juridical payment but as the real restoration of the human being through the risen Christ.
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On the Church
Scripture and community in the Socinian understandingSozzini develops a concept of the church free of sacramental coercion and clerical hierarchy: the church is the community of those who follow the teaching of Christ. A foundational ecclesiological writing of biblical unitarianism.
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On Justification
Tractatus de iustificationeSozzini’s tract on the doctrine of justification — a calm, exegetical dismantling of the Reformation doctrine of imputation and a plea for a practical, ethical understanding of faith and righteousness.
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Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount
Sozzini’s exposition of Matthew 5–7Sozzini’s commentary presents the Sermon on the Mount as the binding rule of life for Christians — not as an unreachable ideal but as the real measure for Christ’s community.
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On the Non-Invocation of Jesus Christ
A reply to Ferenc Dávid’s theses · De non invocando ChristoThe famous controversy with the Transylvanian unitarian Ferenc Dávid: may Christ be invoked if he is not God? Sozzini answers with care — and thereby marks the line between Socinian and non-adorantist christology.
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On the Honor of Christ
A disputation between Faustus Socinus and Christian Francken · De honore ChristiA debate on the worship of Christ with the philosopher and convert Christian Francken. Sozzini defends the honour due to Christ without deifying him — one of the sharpest self-presentations of his christology.
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The Racovian Catechism
The principal dogmatic document of the Polish BrethrenThe Racovian Catechism of 1605 is the systematic compendium of Socinian theology. In question-and-answer form, scripture-faithful and clearly structured — to this day one of the most concentrated presentations of biblical-unitarian doctrine.
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Rational Religion
On the use of the judgment of reason in theological and religious controversiesWissowatius’ principal writing — the manifesto of Socinian rationality. It sets out why the judgment of reason remains indispensable even in matters of faith, and stands as one of the bridges from Socinianism to the European Enlightenment.
AmazonThe editions follow the Latin first prints and draw on the historical-critical edition of the Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum. Where useful, the Latin original is presented alongside the translation — as an editorial reading aid and source.