Jacob Palaeologus
Dominican friar who became an anti-Trinitarian · Writers · Lived 1520 to 1585 · aged 65
Jacob Palaeologus, also called Giacomo da Chio, was a Dominican friar who renounced his religious vows and became an antitrinitarian theologian.
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The Grand Inquisitor, Michele Ghislieri (later Pope Pius V); condemned Palaeologus to death in absentia, and remained his lifelong enemy
Andreas Dudith, protected Palaeologus and employed his scholarship in support of the imperial arguments presented to the Council of Trent
Ferenc Dávid, leader of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania; imprisoned, he was defended by Palaeologus in a succession of works.
Symon Budny, collaborated with Palaeologus in developing the theology of non-adorantism, and published his works
Michael Servetus, executed in Geneva in 1553, his antitrinitarian writings were the formative influence of Palaeologus' theology
Maximillian II, Holy Roman Emperor,was Palaeologus' ultimate patron and protector, and the intended audience for many of his works
Thedore Beza, succeeded John Calvin as the leader of the Reformed church of Geneva; whose Trinitarian theology Palaeologus sought to expose as a Satanic perversion of the true GospelAbout this person
A polemicist against both Calvinism and Papal Power, Palaeologus cultivated a wide range of high-placed contacts and correspondents in the imperial, royal, and aristocratic households in Eastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire; while formulating and propagating a radically heterodox version of Christianity, in which Jesus Christ was not to be invoked in worship, and where differences between Christianity, Islam, and Judaism were rejected as spurious fabrications. He was continually pursued by his many enemies, repeatedly escaping through his many covert supporters.
