Martin Seidelius (

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fl. 1610–1620) was a Polish

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. 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 Hun ...

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" * 1 ...

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

Fausto Sozzini Fausto Paolo Sozzini, also known as Faustus Socinus ( pl, Faust Socyn; 5 December 1539 – 4 March 1604), was an Italian theologian and, alongside his uncle Lelio Sozzini, founder of the Non-trinitarian Christian belief system known as Socin ...

and Christian Francken. ''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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