Description:

Reprint of book published anonymously in 1687, now attributed to Stephen Nye, rector of Little Hormead. The book takes the form of "letters" to an unnamed friend, who is believed to be the publisher, Thomas Firmin. The end of the book is a letter of response by, it is believed, Henry Hedworth. The book argues that the traditional doctrine of the Trinity is not a fundamental doctrine of Christianity, that Unitarians, who believe the "Apostolick Doctrine of one God", ought to be accepted by Trinitarians as "Christian Brethren", and for the Socinian theory that Christ is a special creature of God, who did not pre-exist his birth. Going through a great many Bible texts, the Arian position is argued against as well as the Trinitarian. This book started an intense controversy in the 1690s in England. This reprint edition is readable, but bears all the imperfections of the original and more, and is in an antique typeface.