Erazm Otwinowski

Piotr Wilczek (Uniwersytet Warszawski/ University of Warsaw)

Ed. by Roman Koropeckyj, University of California, Los Angeles
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.8.3: Polish Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Ewa M. Thompson (Rice University)

Dates

Born 1529
Died 1614

Places

Born in Poland
Active in Poland

Activities

Primary

Poet

Other

Moralist
Polemicist

Resources

Otwinowski's Works

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In contrast to other well-known figures in the Socinian church, Erazm Otwinowski was neither a prominent intellectual nor a philosopher. In his poetical works he presented to fellow believers his own vision of truth which they knew from the Bible and catechisms, and also from public disputes and debates in which he participated not as a discussant, but as a member of the audience. As often happens with popular poetry of average quality, his works presented the beliefs and mentality of his religious community in a more faithful way than did learned theological treatises, in this case, the beliefs and mentality of a religious community of radical Polish antitrinitarians. Otwinowski’s work was intended for quite a limited group of readers—the Polish Brethren who knew Polish. When…

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Citation: Wilczek, Piotr. "Erazm Otwinowski". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 December 2018 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13819, accessed 23 November 2024.]