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.
Socinian 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.