Editing Socinianism (section)

==Offshoots==
The direct doctrinal descendants of the original Socinians are the [[Unitarianism|Unitarian Christians]] of Transylvania and England. Although the Polish Brethren never adopted the name "Unitarian" while in Poland, when they were disbanded in 1658, those who fled to Holland eventually embraced the term "Unitarian" (which they got from the Transylvanians), as they preferred not to be called Socinians.<ref>Earl Morse Wilbur, ''A History of Unitarianism'', vol. 2, pp. 47–48.</ref> The term had been used by the [[Unitarian Church of Transylvania]] as early as 1600. Socinian theology continued in Transylvania, where Polish exiles such as [[Andrzej Wiszowaty Jr.]], taught in the Unitarian College (1726–1740), as evidenced in the ''[[Summa Universae Theologiae Christianae secundum Unitarios]]'' of [[Mihály Lombard de Szentábrahám]], recognized as the statement of faith of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania by Emperor [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]] in 1782. Early English Unitarians such as [[Henry Hedworth]] and [[John Biddle (Unitarian)|John Biddle]] retroactively applied the term "Unitarian" to the Polish Brethren. By 1676 there were at least three Socinian meeting houses in London, even if the [[Toleration Act 1689|Act of Toleration of 1689]] saw Socinians and Catholics excluded from official recognition. Socinian ideas continued to have significant influence on Unitarians in England throughout the entire period of their development.

Modern Socinians (in Christological terms) include the small number of "[[Biblical Unitarian]]" churches such as the [[Christadelphians]], the [[Church of God General Conference]] and the [[Church of the Blessed Hope]],<ref>Wilson ''Sects and Society'' Page 223 "7 The distinction of Christadelphian teaching from a unitarian position is apparent, although it shares much common ground with a Socinian or Arian position, yet with some differences. Christadelphians do not deny the divinity of Jesus, ... "</ref><ref>Harry A. Lewis ''[[Peter Geach]], philosophical encounters'' Peter Thomas Geach,  1991 "were and are widely believed in the Midlands; since in his time Socinians were liable to be burned, ... but Socinianism lives on under the new label of Christadelphianism, which has its main ecclesia in Birmingham. "</ref><ref>The virtues – Page 62 Peter Thomas Geach – 1977 "The Socinians, or their modern successors like the Christadelphians, at least retain the traditional object of hope; the doctrine of going at death to another world in a spiritual body is an incoherent philosophical fantasy"</ref><ref>Religious studies: Volume 17 Cambridge University Press. Online Journals – 1981 "Our Socinian contemporaries, the Christadelphians, are singularly lacking in what the eighteenth century censured as enthusiasm; to a serious enquirer they will argue about their beliefs with endless patience, courtesy, and ingenuity, ..."</ref> though these churches are not direct descendants of the Polish Brethren.

===Related beliefs===
At the time of Fausto Sozzini, [[Symon Budny]] held a variant of unitarianism including [[denial of the virgin birth of Jesus]] and arguing that Jesus was the son of Joseph, for which he was excluded from the Racovian community.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}