Andreas Volanus

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Andreas Volanus (Lithuanian: Andrius Volanas, Polish: Andrzej Wolan, 1530 in Poznań – 1610 in Vilnius) was a secretary to the Grand Duke of Lithuania and an eminent Calvinist theologian.[1][2] Volanus was involved with controversy about both Jesuits and the Ecclesia Minor or Polish Brethren.[3] Fausto Sozzini's De Jesu Christi natura (1584) is a reply to Volanus.[citation needed]

Works[edit]

  • Caecitas et poena ecclesiae, libellus lectu dignissimus 1608
  • Francisci Turriani ... Contra Andream Volanum ... de sanctissima eucharistia ...1577
  • Paraenesis Andreae Volani ad omnes in regno Poloniae, Magnoque Ducatu Lituaniæ. 1582
  • Andreæ Volani Ad beatissimum patrem, D. Hippolytum Aldebrandinum ... Oratio 1593
  • De dignitate ordinis ecclesiastici regni Poloniæ 1582
  • De libertate politica 1572

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kestutis Daugirdas Andreas Volanus und die Reformation im Großfürstentum Litauen
  2. ^ Marcelinas Ročka, Ingė Lukšaitė Rinktiniai raštai Andreas Volanus 1996 - 446 pages
  3. ^ The Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 423