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Socinian philosophy

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Often appears with: trinity · the nature and attributes of God · scripture and its interpretation · reason and the intellect · incarnation · holy communion

Usually: argument (1) · detachment (1)

Theodicy primary

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Freiherr von · 1710-1711
book with much acrimony. But the accused won his case in a Synod. (3/34)

Leibniz argues that disputes over the use of philosophy in theology mostly turn on the Trinity, Incarnation, and Eucharist, where different anti-Trinitarian groups employ philosophical maxims.

in the substance. The divergence rests perhaps only upon the fact that Calvin demands true faith in addition to the oral reception of the symbols, and consequently excludes the unworthy. 19. Thence we see that the dogma of real and substantial participation can be supported (without resorting to the strange opinions of some Schoolmen) by a properly understood analogy between *immediate operation* and *presence*. Man…