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A brief history of the Unitarians, called also Socinians: in four letters, written to a friend (published anonymously at London in 1687, expanded 1691). •
A letter of resolution concerning the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation, London, 1691. •
Considerations on the explications of the doctrine of the Trinity by Dr. Wallis, Dr. Sherlock, Dr. S-th, Dr. Cudworth, and Mr. Hooker [electronic resource] : as also on the account given by those that say the Trinity is an unconceivable and inexplicable mystery / written to a person of quality, London, 1693. Although the term “Unitarian” was already known in England from the Latin
Library of the Polish Brethren called Unitarians published in Amsterdam (1665-1668), and had been used in print before by
Henry Hedworth (1673), Nye's book gave the term wider currency in English among
antitrinitarian believers, and set off the
Unitarian controversy. Nye distinguished Unitarian views from those of
Arius (
Arian views) and
Fausto Sozzini (
Socinian views). He called
William Sherlock a
tritheist,
Robert South a
Socinian, and
John Wallis a
Sabellian. He faced much opposition from orthodox Anglicans, but had an ally in
William Freke.
Thomas Tenison,
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1695, discouraged those who wanted to continue the debate. Nye wrote also on
natural religion; he corresponded with
Henry Hedworth and published some of those letters. ==Notes==