The Synod of Skrzynno 24 June 1567 was a synod between the

Arians Arianism (, ) is a Christological doctrine which rejects the traditional notion of the Trinity and considers Jesus to be a creation of God, and therefore distinct from God. It is named after its major proponent, Arius (). It is considered h ...

and

Socinians Socinianism ( ) is a Nontrinitarian Christian belief system developed and co-founded during the Protestant Reformation by the Italian Renaissance humanists and theologians Lelio Sozzini and Fausto Sozzini, uncle and nephew, respectively. It ...

among the Antitrinitarian Polish Brethren. From 1550-1563 Calvinists and Arians had met together at the

Synods of Pińczów The Synods of Pińczów were a series of 22 Calvinist synods held in the town of Pińczów from 1550-1563. At the time of the Reformation, Pińczów belonged to a Calvinist nobleman, Nicholas Oleśnicki, and was one of the centers of Calvinism and ...

, the final synod in 1563 marking the break between the Calvinist ''ecclesia maior'' and the ''ecclesia minor'' of the Polish Brethren. A synod the following year at

Piotrków Trybunalski Piotrków Trybunalski (; also known by #Etymology, alternative names), often simplified to Piotrków, is a city in central Poland with 71,252 inhabitants (2021). It is the capital of Piotrków County and the second-largest city in the Łódź Voi ...

in 1564, cemented the separation of Calvinists and Anti-Trinitarians. At the anti-Trinitarian synod at

Węgrów Węgrów (; ) is a town in eastern Poland with 12,796 inhabitants (2013), capital of Węgrów County in the Masovian Voivodeship. History First mentioned in historical records in 1414, Węgrów received its city charter in 1441. Between 16th ...

on December 25, 1565

Georg Schomann Georg Schomann (Polish ''Jerzy Szoman'') (Racibórz 1530 - Chmielnik 1591) was a Socinian ( Unitarian) theologian. In his youth, was distinguished by a deep Catholic religiosity. In the years 1552-1554 he studied at the Kraków Academy and then at ...

Matthias Albinus Maciej Albin or Latin Matthias Albinus (floruit, fl. 1570s) was a Polish Calvinist minister at Iwanowice Dworskie who became the first to administer Believer's baptism in Poland, and then became openly Unitarian. Overview He differed from the Calv ...

and Gregory Pauli took positions against

Arianism Arianism (, ) is a Christology, Christological doctrine which rejects the traditional notion of the Trinity and considers Jesus to be a creation of God, and therefore distinct from God. It is named after its major proponent, Arius (). It is co ...

, the belief in the

pre-existence of Christ The pre-existence of Christ asserts the existence of Christ prior to his incarnation as Jesus. One of the relevant Bible passages is John 1 () where, in the Trinitarian interpretation, Christ is identified with a pre-existent divine hypostasi ...

, marking the beginnings of characteristic

Socinian Socinianism ( ) is a Nontrinitarian Christian belief system developed and co-founded during the Protestant Reformation by the Italian Renaissance humanists and theologians Lelio Sozzini and Fausto Sozzini, uncle and nephew, respectively. I ...

belief (although) Fausto Sozzini did not arrive in Poland till 14 years later in 1579. The synod of Skrzynno was held at

Skrzynno, Masovian Voivodeship Skrzynno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieniawa, within Przysucha County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Wieniawa, east of Przysucha, and south of Warsaw. History The vil ...

, not

Skrzynno, Łódź Voivodeship Skrzynno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrówek, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ostrówek, north-east of Wieluń, and south-west of the regional capi ...

. Several divisions among the Polish Brethren were visible but the parties adopted a resolution maintaining an external union based on a unitarian doctrine. Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler, Samuel Davidson, John Winstanley Hull ''A Text-book of Church History: A.D. 1517-1648, The Reformation and ...'' 1876

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