Protestantism in Poland and Bohemia - James Aitken Wylie

One day a priest named Pastoris, a native of
Belgium, rose in it and avowed his disbelief of the
Trinity, as a doctrine inconsistent with the unity of
the Godhead. The members, who saw that this was
to overthrow revealed religion, were mute with
astonishment; and some, believing that what they
had taken for the path of reform was the path of
destruction, drew back, and took final refuge in
Romanism. Others declared themselves disciples of
the priest, and thus were laid in Poland the
foundations of Socinianism.[8]
The rapid diffusion of the light is best attested
by the vigorous efforts of the Romish clergy to
suppress it. Numerous books appeared at this time
in Poland against Luther and his doctrines. The
Synod of Lenczyca, in 1527, recommended the reestablishment
of the "Holy Inquisition." Other
Synods drafted schemes of ecclesiastical reform,
which, in Poland as in all the other countries where
such projects were broached, were never realized
save on paper. Others recommended the
appointment of popular preachers to instruct the
ignorant, and guide their feet past the snares which
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