Last Judgment (Post) (Rogers) n. 46

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46. [45.] Moravians*

That Arians** induce pain in the right arm near the shoulder blade, while Socinians*** induce pain in the breastbone. * Members of the Moravian Church or Moravian Brethren, a Protestant denomination descended from Bohemian Brethren. Called also Herrnhuter from their organization or "renewal" under Count Zinzendorf at Herrnhut, Germany, Moravians hold that the Scriptures are the only rule of faith and practice, and in general have stood for a simple and unworldly form of Christianity, dwelling for the most part in rural settlements. ** Adherents of Arianism, a theological view based on the teachings of Arius (c. 250-336), who taught that Christ the Son was a created being, not consubstantial with God the Father, and thus not Divine. *** Disciples of Laelius Socinus (born Lelio Francesco Maria Sozini). 1525-1562, and his nephew Faustus Socinus (Fausto Paolo Sozzini), 1539-1604, who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the Divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten, and that salvation is granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.


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