Socinianism

17th-century Christian belief that rejects such traditional doctrines as the Trinity and original sin, named after Socinus, the Latinized name of Lelio Francesco Maria Sozzini (1525–1562), Italian Protestant theologian. It is an early form of Unitarianism.

His views on the nature of Christ were developed by his nephew Fausto Paolo Sozzini (1539–1604), who also taught pacifist and anarchist doctrines akin to those of the 19th-century Russian novelist Tolstoy. Socinianism denies the divinity of Jesus but emphasizes his virtues.