Martin Seidelius (

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fl. 1610–1620) was a Polish Unitarian. Martin Seidel was a refugee from

in Silesia, who sided with the

Szekler Sabbatarians The Szekler Sabbatarians (in Transylvanian Saxon: (Siebenbürgen) Sambatianer; in German: Siebenbürgische Sabbatianer; in Hungarian: Szombatosok, zombatosok, sabbatariusok, zsidózók, Şomrei Sabat) were a religious group in Transylvania and Hu ...

of the Unitarian movement in

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, which Sozzini characterised as "semi-judaizers". Seidel rejected the Messianic doctrine of the New Testament. In 1611 he published ''Miscellanea; hoc est, Scripta theologica seu tractatus breves de vidersis'' with

Jan Niemojewski Janusz Jan Niemojewski (1531–1598) was a Polish nobleman, and theologian of the Polish Brethren.Kęstutis Daugirdas, "Die Anfänge des Sozinianismus", Göttingen, 2016, p. 91-94, 180-183 Works * 1583 – "Odpowiedź na potwarz Wilkowskiego" * ...

. In 1618 he recorded the debate on worship of Christ between

Fausto Sozzini Fausto Paolo Sozzini (; ; 5 December 1539 – 4 March 1604), often known in English by his Latinized name Faustus Socinus ( ), was an Italian Renaissance humanist and theologian, and, alongside his uncle Lelio Sozzini, founder of the Nontrinit ...

and

Christian Francken Christian Francken (Gardelegen Rome? after 1610) was a former Jesuit who became an anti-Trinitarian writer. In 1577 Francken left his position as professor of the Jesuit college in Vienna and commenced the publication from Basel and La Rochelle of ...

. ''Disputatio de adoratione Christi, habita inter F. Socinum & C. Francken'' (246 pages). His ''Origo et fundamenta de religione Christianae'' (post 1680) shows a deist position.Martin Mulsow, Richard Henry Popkin ''Secret Conversions to Judaism in Early Modern Europe''; p. 15

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