Editing Lelio Sozzini (section)

==Legacy==
[[image:Fausto Lelio Socino Socinus.jpg|thumb|Plaque in the Sozzini's palace in Siena to remember Fausto and Lelio Socini. The inscription say: "During ages of fierce despotism, with their new doctrines they awoke the free thought"]]
No authentic portrait of him exists; alleged likenesses on medals, etc., are spurious. The news of his uncle's death reached Fausto at Lyons through Antonio Maria Besozzo. Repairing to Zürich Fausto got his uncle's few papers, comprising very little connected writing but a good many notes.

Fausto continually gave credit to his uncle for many of his ideas, in particular noting:

# Fausto derived from Lelio in conversations (1552&ndash;1553) the germ of his theory of salvation;
# Fausto derived many interpretations of specific Bible verses from Lelio. For example, Lelio's reading (1561) of "In the Beginning" in [[John 1:1]] as "the beginning of the gospel" was taken up in Fausto's interpretation which denied the [[pre-existence of Christ]]. Likewise Lelio's interpretation of "Before Abraham was [[ego eimi|I am]]" John 8:58 as relating to the resurrection of Abraham was taken up by Fausto.