Symon Budny
Szymon Budny (also Symon Budny; * January 1530 in Budne, Podlasie, † January 13, 1593 in Wiszniów ) was a Polish- Belarusian humanist, translator of the Bible and leading representatives of the Polish- Lithuanian Unitarianism.
Life
Budny came from orthodoxdem environment and studied at several universities in Italy, Switzerland and at the Cracow Academy. After completing his studies, he worked under the protection of the Protestant princes Mikołaj Czarny Radziwill as Reformed pastor in the Belarusian Kletsk. In the years 1561/1562 Budny founded in the city Nesvizh also a printing company to print Protestant writings can. Here also be authored in Belarusian language Katichizis book was printed in 1562, which was to become a pioneer of the Belarusian literary language and content directed primarily against the ritualized Orthodox Church. Soon, however, he also showed a growing interest in antitrinitarianism, with the Budny had come into contact already abroad. Even in his 1562 also published magazine O opravdanii greshnogo cheloveka pred Bogom ( justification of sinful man before God ) gave first anti-trinitarian tendencies.
After Budny had fallen out because of his anti-Trinitarian position with his former promoters Radziwill, he moved to the possessions of Jan Kiszkaa had occurred early on as supporters of the Polish -Lithuanian brothers. Budny could now be open about anti-Trinitarian positions. He also spoke out against infant baptism and also against the death penalty. Also a writer Budny was still active, but now increasingly began to write in Polish, not least in order to appeal to a larger reading public can. Theologically, he approached more and more to the Socinianism. He spoke out at the Synod of Skrzynno 1567 for refusing the pre-existence of Christ.
In the following years Budny worked mainly on a new Polish translation of the Bible from the original languages , as the 1563 in the reformed environment translated from French and Latin Brest Bible was not accepted by many. Budny Bible translation was eventually published in 1572 as Nesvizh Bible. In 1576 Budny published the magazine O przedniejszych wiary chrystyjańskiej artykulech that summarized his theological positions, and in the Budny turned for a strict Unitarianism and against the principles advocated even within the anti-Trinitarian Church in Poland - Lithuania tritheistische and ditheistischen positions. Budny also spoke out clearly against the represented mainly by Martin Czechowic Anabaptist positions to pacifism and community property. Herein was also clearly a dividing line between the more influenced by the Anabaptist movement Antitrinitariern in Poland and those in Lithuania. Besides his theological works, Budny political and social issues also turned to again and again. In 1576 he gave under the heading About the French Furies or frenzies out a Polish translation of a pamphlet of the French Huguenot François Hotman on the night of St. Bartholomew.