Samuel Przypkowski (Przipcovius, Pripcovius) (1592–19 April 1670,

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) was a Polish

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theologian, a leading figure in the Polish Brethren and an advocate of

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. In ''Dissertatio de pace et concordia ecclesiae'', published in 1628 in

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, he called for mutual tolerance by Christians. He was also a poet in Latin and Polish.''Europeans and Sarmatians - Polish Baroque'' (PDF)
, p. 10

Life

He studied at the

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and Altdorf, returning to Poland in the 1630s. He engaged in controversy with the Jesuit Szymon Starowolski concerning his ''Braterskie napomnienie ad dissidentes in religione'' (1644), and Daniel Zwicker. He married Alexandra, daughter of Jerzy Czaplic.

Works

*''Dissertatio de pace'' (1628), English translation by

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*''Vita Fausti Socini'', a life of

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, English translation by John Biddle *''Cogitationes sacrae'' in Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum *''De iure Christiani magistratus et privatorum in belli pacisque negotiis'' (c. 1650) The influence of his works was considerable, if obscured in Western Europe by anonymous publication (the ''Dissertatio'' was attributed to a 'Polish knight'); and 'Socinian' became for a period a by-word for the advocacy of tolerance. While there is an intellectual connection to

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and his ''Reasonableness of Christianity'' (1695), it is argued that Locke was not familiar with the ''Dissertation'' until after 1695. Like his English contemporaries generally, Locke was probably also unaware of the authorship of the work, commonly ascribed at the time to John Hales.John C. Higgins-Biddle (editor), ''The Reasonableness of Christianity By John Locke'' (1999), p. lxi.

Online edition

''Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum'' Online
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Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Przypkowski, Samuel 1592 births 1670 deaths People from Brzesko County Polish Unitarian theologians 17th-century Polish writers