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In relevant scholarship on the political views of the Polish Brethren (usually known as Socinians... more In relevant scholarship on the political views of the Polish Brethren (usually known as Socinians), it is often stated that pacifism was their mainstream attitude toward political organization and wars, at least until they were outlawed in Poland in 1658. In this paper I question this argument. Examining the views of renown Brethren from the 1580s to the 1630s on the christian magistrate and just war theory, I argue that the foremost spokesperson among the Brethren in the mid seventeenth century (Johannes Crella and Jonas Schlichting) change their opinions on the Christians' participation in wars already in the 1620s and 1630s. Therefore, I argue that most of the Polish Brethren abandoned their pacifist attitudes well before they were banished from Poland in the late 1650s.
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Renaissance Quarterly 76, no. 1, pp. 124-165, 2023
The Polish Brethren were fervent advocates of religious tolerance. Johann Crell's “Vindiciae pro ... more The Polish Brethren were fervent advocates of religious tolerance. Johann Crell's “Vindiciae pro Religionis Libertate” (1637) is prominent among their works, because of its far-reaching and progressive arguments for freedom of religion. This article outlines the historical and intellectual context of this pamphlet, and its reception in seventeenth-century Europe. Despite being familiar with a historical situation in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth where toleration was practiced on a societal level, Crell strongly argued that freedom of religion had to be enacted through a public law. Only in this way could freedom of religion be truly effective and guarantee safety for all citizens.
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Church History and Religious Culture, 2021
This is the introduction to a Special Double Issue of Church History and Religious Culture that a... more This is the introduction to a Special Double Issue of Church History and Religious Culture that arose from a symposium held at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in July 2019. That symposium was part of the “Amsterdamnified” research program funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2015–2022). In this essay, the editors introduce the scope and themes of the Special Issue, provide a brief historical overview of some key aspects of sixteenth-century Protestant spiritualism, outline a series of historiographical questions that are important for this subject’s past and ongoing study, and highlight how the essays that follow relate to these questions and to one another.
This introduction explores neglected aspects of religious identity in the Reformation and post-Reformation era, especially spiritualism and freethinking, that may have shaped ideas in the early Enlightenment era.
The eleven essays are by James M. Stayer, Theo Brok, Anselm Schubert, Christine Schulte am Hülse, Hans de Waardt, Gary K. Waite, Francesco Quatrini, Stefano Villani, Nina Schroeder, William Cook Miller, and Nigel Smith. Some of these, like the intro, are Open Access.
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Historical Journal, 2020
The Polish Brethren, usually known as Socinians, were perhaps the most infamous Christian sect be... more The Polish Brethren, usually known as Socinians, were perhaps the most infamous Christian sect belonging to the so-called ‘Radical Reformation’. Renowned for their anti-Trinitarian beliefs and their rationalistic approach towards religion, the Brethren also discussed theological-political concepts such as the legitimacy of magistracy and warfare. Relevant literature on the Brethren's socio-political views underestimates their participation in contemporary debates on the ius belli, describing them as pacifists who generally opposed politics and violence until the 1650s, when some of them began defending a more conventional approach towards magistracy and warfare. This article proves that this shift toward a more standard Protestant position occurred as early as the 1620s, when Johannes Crell and Jonas Szlichtyng, two of the most prominent spokespersons among the Brethren, reconciled politics and the Brethren's faith in their writings. The article highlights how the historical situation of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth urged them to revise their views on magistracy and warfare, and it argues that they were assisted in this by their education in European universities, especially the Lutheran Academy of Altdorf near Nuremberg, which provided them with different perspectives on the legitimacy of defensive warfare.
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Journal of the History of Ideas, 2019
This paper addresses the topic of seventeenth-century religious freedom of speech, focusing on th... more This paper addresses the topic of seventeenth-century religious freedom of speech, focusing on the concepts conceived by Adam Boreel, an early member of the Dutch Collegiants. First, it gives historical information on Adam Boreel and the Collegiant movement. Second, it examines Boreel’s ideas concerning freedom of prophesying, highlighting how Boreel perceived this freedom and religious enthusiasm as unrelated. Third, it examines whether or not Boreel advocated an unlimited freedom of prophesying. In the conclusion, it suggests the significance of Boreel’s ideas for the history of the Collegiants and the broader history of ideas.
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Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online, 2018
This is a short biographical entry on Adam Boreel published written for the Global Anabaptist Men... more This is a short biographical entry on Adam Boreel published written for the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.
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History of European Ideas, 2018
This paper examines two seventeenth-century works written by Adam Boreel and Galenus Abrahamsz, t... more This paper examines two seventeenth-century works written by Adam Boreel and Galenus Abrahamsz, two most famous scholars among the Amsterdam Collegiants who advocated ideas in favour of religious toleration. This study is divided in three main parts. Firstly, I give historical information on the circumstances that led Galenus Abrahamsz to write his work. Secondly, I make a thorough comparison between Abrahamsz’s work and Boreel’s treatise, arguing that the latter exerted great influence on the former. However, despite major parallels, I also show that there are deep differences in their works. Thirdly, I argue that both Boreel and Abrahamsz pursued the same aim: to establish religious toleration among Christians. In the conclusion, I suggest that we should not regard Abrahamsz as a Collegiant himself, but only as a sympathizer of Collegiant ideas. I also suggest the significance of further studies on the Collegiants, their practices, and their ideas.
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Doopsgezinde Bijdragen, 2018
This paper examines the lifelong friendship between the Dutch dissenter Adam Boreel and the Scott... more This paper examines the lifelong friendship between the Dutch dissenter Adam Boreel and the Scottish minister John Dury. It argues that their common irenic goal - to unite Christianity again - was one of the main reason behind their long friendship, as well as their agreement on the means to reach such an union: the conceiving of a core of Christian doctrines that all people could accept, the so-called fundamentals of Christian religion. Boreel and Dury, however, disagreed on how to establish such doctrines: while Dury mostly relied on the common consensus of people, Boreel criticized such a means and argued that such fundamentals should be established through natural reason.
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Church History and Religious Culture, 2017
This article examines the manuscript, entitled Jesus Nazarenus Legislator, written by Adam Boreel... more This article examines the manuscript, entitled Jesus Nazarenus Legislator, written by Adam Boreel against the De Tribus Impostoribus. The analysis focuses on three main aspects of the manuscript. First, I give some information about De Tribus Impostoribus. Second, I trace the history of the writing of Boreel’s book. To this end, I will mainly take into consideration the correspondences of Henry Oldenburg and John Worthington. Last, I show that Boreel postulates a rational Christian religion and that he places emphasis on the practical aspects of this religion. For this reason, all humankind can accept it. In conclusion, I will sum up the results obtained from my analysis of the Jesus Nazarenus Legislator; I will also suggest that Boreel’s ideas could be read in light of the discussion on adiaphora in the Christian religion.
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Books by Francesco Quatrini
Il volume offre una nuova analisi delle dottrine teologiche e politiche dell'Ecclesia minor polac... more Il volume offre una nuova analisi delle dottrine teologiche e politiche dell'Ecclesia minor polacco-lituana, una chiesa protestante nell'Europa del XVI e XVII secolo, i cui membri sono meglio conosciuti come unitariani o socianini. Lo studio copre un arco cronologico che va all'incirca dal 1563 al 1638, con alcune considerazioni conclusive che offrono una panoramica della storia successiva di questa chiesa, fino al suo bando dai territori polacco-lituani negli anni tra il 1658 e il 1661.
Scopo del testo è proporre una nuova interpretazione della trasformazione delle idee politiche dei sociniani, mettendo in luce le differenze tra la prima e la seconda generazione di sociniani. Il volume non si limita ad un'analisi dello sviluppo di tali idee, ma le interpreta alla luce di alcune delle principali dottrine teologiche dei sociniani e della storia delle loro comunità. Così, se da una parte ampio spazio è dato all'esame del concetto di sacrificio nella teologia unitariana e della sua applicazione alla dottrina della soddisfazione vicaria di Cristo, che molto influenzò l'approccio sociniano al tema della giustizia divina e umana, dall'altra tali dottrine teologiche e politiche vengono considerate in relazione alla storia delle principali comunità sociniane, del loro sviluppo e del loro declino, dando risalto alle relazioni stabilite dai sociniani con intellettuali europei di varia estrazione culturale e religiosa. In tal modo, la storia delle dottrine sociniane viene inquadrata nel tessuto culturale e sociale della loro stessa comunità.
[Per l'indice dei capitoli, si veda il file PFD]
This volume offers a new analysis of the theological and political doctrines of the Polish-Lithuanian Ecclesia minor, a Protestant church in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, whose members are better known as Unitarians or Socinians. This study focuses on the period between 1563 and 1638, with some conclusive remarks that span the later period of this church, until its banishment from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1658 and 1661.
The volume aims to suggest a new interpretation of the transformation of the Socinian political ideas, emphasizing the difference between the first and the second generation of Socinians. However, it does not simply analyze such a transformation, but it explains it in the light of a similar change in the Socinian theological system, as well as in the light the history of their own congregations. Thus, on the one hand the volume examines the concept of sacrifice in the Socinian theology and the related doctrine of Christ's Satisfaction, which exerted much influence on the development of the Socinian ideas on human and divine justice; on the other, such theological and political ideas are examined within the history of the development and decline of most important Socinian congregations, underlining the many relationships that he Socinians established with scholars belonging to the Republic of Letters. In other words, the history of the Socinian doctrines is analzsed within the context of the cultural and social background of their own church.
[For the Table of Contents, please see the PDF file]
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Brill, 2020
In Adam Boreel (1602-1665): A Collegiant’s Attempt to Reform Christianity, Francesco Quatrini off... more In Adam Boreel (1602-1665): A Collegiant’s Attempt to Reform Christianity, Francesco Quatrini offers a reassessment of the life and thought of Adam Boreel, a leading member of the Dutch nonconformist Collegiant movement. Usually regarded as a less important member of this religious group, Boreel is described as a forerunner whose ideas influenced later Collegiants.
Drawing on both archival and published sources, Francesco Quatrini provides the first modern biography of Boreel as well as a critical analysis of his writings. He corrects misconceptions about Boreel, who appears here as an intriguing figure who drew his views from several different sources. In this way, Francesco Quatrini revealed that Boreel was a major leader in the era’s intellectual discourse.
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Book Reviews by Francesco Quatrini
Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme 44.2, 2021
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British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2021
Review of John Locke’s Christianity
by Diego Lucci, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021, ... more Review of John Locke’s Christianity
by Diego Lucci, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021, pp. 260,
£75.00 (hb), ISBN: 978-1-108-83691-3
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Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme 43.4, 2020
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This introduction explores neglected aspects of religious identity in the Reformation and post-Reformation era, especially spiritualism and freethinking, that may have shaped ideas in the early Enlightenment era.
The eleven essays are by James M. Stayer, Theo Brok, Anselm Schubert, Christine Schulte am Hülse, Hans de Waardt, Gary K. Waite, Francesco Quatrini, Stefano Villani, Nina Schroeder, William Cook Miller, and Nigel Smith. Some of these, like the intro, are Open Access.
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Scopo del testo è proporre una nuova interpretazione della trasformazione delle idee politiche dei sociniani, mettendo in luce le differenze tra la prima e la seconda generazione di sociniani. Il volume non si limita ad un'analisi dello sviluppo di tali idee, ma le interpreta alla luce di alcune delle principali dottrine teologiche dei sociniani e della storia delle loro comunità. Così, se da una parte ampio spazio è dato all'esame del concetto di sacrificio nella teologia unitariana e della sua applicazione alla dottrina della soddisfazione vicaria di Cristo, che molto influenzò l'approccio sociniano al tema della giustizia divina e umana, dall'altra tali dottrine teologiche e politiche vengono considerate in relazione alla storia delle principali comunità sociniane, del loro sviluppo e del loro declino, dando risalto alle relazioni stabilite dai sociniani con intellettuali europei di varia estrazione culturale e religiosa. In tal modo, la storia delle dottrine sociniane viene inquadrata nel tessuto culturale e sociale della loro stessa comunità.
[Per l'indice dei capitoli, si veda il file PFD]
This volume offers a new analysis of the theological and political doctrines of the Polish-Lithuanian Ecclesia minor, a Protestant church in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, whose members are better known as Unitarians or Socinians. This study focuses on the period between 1563 and 1638, with some conclusive remarks that span the later period of this church, until its banishment from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1658 and 1661.
The volume aims to suggest a new interpretation of the transformation of the Socinian political ideas, emphasizing the difference between the first and the second generation of Socinians. However, it does not simply analyze such a transformation, but it explains it in the light of a similar change in the Socinian theological system, as well as in the light the history of their own congregations. Thus, on the one hand the volume examines the concept of sacrifice in the Socinian theology and the related doctrine of Christ's Satisfaction, which exerted much influence on the development of the Socinian ideas on human and divine justice; on the other, such theological and political ideas are examined within the history of the development and decline of most important Socinian congregations, underlining the many relationships that he Socinians established with scholars belonging to the Republic of Letters. In other words, the history of the Socinian doctrines is analzsed within the context of the cultural and social background of their own church.
[For the Table of Contents, please see the PDF file]
Drawing on both archival and published sources, Francesco Quatrini provides the first modern biography of Boreel as well as a critical analysis of his writings. He corrects misconceptions about Boreel, who appears here as an intriguing figure who drew his views from several different sources. In this way, Francesco Quatrini revealed that Boreel was a major leader in the era’s intellectual discourse.
Book Reviews by Francesco Quatrini
by Diego Lucci, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021, pp. 260,
£75.00 (hb), ISBN: 978-1-108-83691-3
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This introduction explores neglected aspects of religious identity in the Reformation and post-Reformation era, especially spiritualism and freethinking, that may have shaped ideas in the early Enlightenment era.
The eleven essays are by James M. Stayer, Theo Brok, Anselm Schubert, Christine Schulte am Hülse, Hans de Waardt, Gary K. Waite, Francesco Quatrini, Stefano Villani, Nina Schroeder, William Cook Miller, and Nigel Smith. Some of these, like the intro, are Open Access.
Scopo del testo è proporre una nuova interpretazione della trasformazione delle idee politiche dei sociniani, mettendo in luce le differenze tra la prima e la seconda generazione di sociniani. Il volume non si limita ad un'analisi dello sviluppo di tali idee, ma le interpreta alla luce di alcune delle principali dottrine teologiche dei sociniani e della storia delle loro comunità. Così, se da una parte ampio spazio è dato all'esame del concetto di sacrificio nella teologia unitariana e della sua applicazione alla dottrina della soddisfazione vicaria di Cristo, che molto influenzò l'approccio sociniano al tema della giustizia divina e umana, dall'altra tali dottrine teologiche e politiche vengono considerate in relazione alla storia delle principali comunità sociniane, del loro sviluppo e del loro declino, dando risalto alle relazioni stabilite dai sociniani con intellettuali europei di varia estrazione culturale e religiosa. In tal modo, la storia delle dottrine sociniane viene inquadrata nel tessuto culturale e sociale della loro stessa comunità.
[Per l'indice dei capitoli, si veda il file PFD]
This volume offers a new analysis of the theological and political doctrines of the Polish-Lithuanian Ecclesia minor, a Protestant church in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, whose members are better known as Unitarians or Socinians. This study focuses on the period between 1563 and 1638, with some conclusive remarks that span the later period of this church, until its banishment from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1658 and 1661.
The volume aims to suggest a new interpretation of the transformation of the Socinian political ideas, emphasizing the difference between the first and the second generation of Socinians. However, it does not simply analyze such a transformation, but it explains it in the light of a similar change in the Socinian theological system, as well as in the light the history of their own congregations. Thus, on the one hand the volume examines the concept of sacrifice in the Socinian theology and the related doctrine of Christ's Satisfaction, which exerted much influence on the development of the Socinian ideas on human and divine justice; on the other, such theological and political ideas are examined within the history of the development and decline of most important Socinian congregations, underlining the many relationships that he Socinians established with scholars belonging to the Republic of Letters. In other words, the history of the Socinian doctrines is analzsed within the context of the cultural and social background of their own church.
[For the Table of Contents, please see the PDF file]
Drawing on both archival and published sources, Francesco Quatrini provides the first modern biography of Boreel as well as a critical analysis of his writings. He corrects misconceptions about Boreel, who appears here as an intriguing figure who drew his views from several different sources. In this way, Francesco Quatrini revealed that Boreel was a major leader in the era’s intellectual discourse.
by Diego Lucci, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021, pp. 260,
£75.00 (hb), ISBN: 978-1-108-83691-3