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QUERY1850

Socinian Boast

By L.

In an allocution recently held by Dr. Pusey, to the London Church Union, in St. Martin's Hall, reported in *The Times* of Oct. 17, the following passage occurs: "The Socinian boast might be a warning to us against such declarations. The Socinian pictured Calvin as carrying on the protest against Rome more vigorously than Luther, himself than Calvin: "Tota jacet Babylon; destruxit tecta Lutherus, Calvinus muros, sed fundamenta Socinus." Query, By what Socinian writer are these two hexameter verses used?

Topics: Socinianism, Protestant Reformation, Religious Declarations

Locations: London, St. Martin's Hall, Rome