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proof of ignorance , or of the clpsebt and most mature investigation , that the Athenians of old erected analtar to the unknown got )?' A . Z .
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Unitarians in Transylvania . West llain , Essex , Sir , Jan . 2 , 1812 . To such as are acquainted with ecclesiastical history , it is well known that the Unitarians of
Poland , after their cruel expulsion from that country in 166 l , did ? many of them , settle in Transylvania , where their doctrine had been tolerated from about the year 1563 . Their numbers ,
circumstances and doctrine have been from that period , very little known . I have lately met with a work called ** The Religious World Displayed , &c . by the Rev . Robert Adam , B . A . Oxford ; Minister of the Episcopal congregation , Blackfriors Wynd , Edinburgh , &c . " In the second vol . of this
work , p . 174 this author says that "An abstract of the faith and principles of the Unitarians of Transylvania was published in 1787 j with - permission of their government , by Professor Markos , of the Unitarian College of Clausenburg " .
In a note , at the bottom of the page , we are informed' that fc < ihis work of Professor Markos is entitled Summa Universe ? Christiante secundum Unitarios in usum Auditorum concinnata tt edit a ; CumVriviUgio S . C . R . A . Maj . Claudiopuli' Typis Collegii Rejormatorum , 1787 - ' '
Mr , Adam also saysr that , the Unitarians in Transylvania have long had separate congregations , and have upwards ; o £ 160 . at , this day , I know not from what au-
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thority Mr . Adam gets his in ; telli « r ^ ence concerning the Unitarians in Transylvania , but , from the nature and publicity of his work , it is reasonable to consider his
account of them as being correct : I therefore , draw the following conclusions from it . 1 * That these Unitarians are the largest body of Christians of their sentiment which we know o £
as no other state in Europe can furnish upwards of 160 congregations which openly profess the great doctrine of the Divine Unity . 2 . That they have a civil establishment , or , at least , a very
liberal toleration of their religion , as Mr . Markos is styled 6 i Profess * or of the Unitarian College of Cliusenburg " . I believe that this circumstance cannot be paralleled in the Christian world .
3 . That from their long settlement and present numbers and privileges , they have some common form of ecclesiastical government and discipline , which unites them as a body , or denomination /*
* Since writing the above , t have looked further into Mr . Adam's work , and in vol . ii . p . 185 , he says " - Transylvania is the only country in uhichthey ( Unitarian s ; are not only tolerate ^ , but have their rights and privileges secured by express laws , and possess a sort of
establishment . Their church govern * ment , in that country , consists of one supertntendent and two consistories * The higher consistory is composed partly of laymen , partly of the inspectors of » w ~ perintendents special of the eight diocedes ,
into which the 164 tXolt ^ rian chiu ? ch s in that country arc divided . » f "It appoints persons for all the ttviiiffa and receives reports from th $ inferior consistory ! , to whfchi the cliar ^ liocUscipline ; s iMtrysfc # f . ![ fh ^ ^^ e rw ^^ general presides in tneinferioyr con ^ stow , but occupies only the second ilacc 4 « the higher- Matrimbnial afWir ^ *^? - arc uncb ^ tlic jur ^ dicriofl /< 9 f ^ i € * e &u # & "
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$ 2 Unitarians in Transylvania *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 82, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/18/
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