hdslibrary: “Racovian Catechism in English Here’s a peek into this lovely (but at one time, banned!) little book holding the teachings of an early antitrinitarian community in Poland. It is an important and rare document in the history of English...

hdslibrary:

Racovian Catechism in English

Here’s a peek into this lovely (but at one time, banned!) little book holding the teachings of an early antitrinitarian community in Poland. It is an important and rare document in the history of English Unitarianism.

The imprint is almost certainly false–it was intended to throw the authorities off the trail, since printing books against the doctrine of the Trinity could bring big trouble for a printer in England, where the book was formally banned in 1652.

Racovian catechism. English. 1652.   The Racovian catechisme : vvherein you have the substance of the confession of those churches, which in the kingdom of Poland, Printed at Amsterledam : for Brooer Janz, 1652.

Jun. 21 2018
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