Andreas Volanus Explained

Andreas Volanus (Lithuanian: Andrius Volanas, Polish: Andrzej Wolan, 1530 in Poznań – 1610 in Vilnius) was a secretary to the Grand Duke of Lithuania and an eminent Calvinist theologian.^{[1] [2]} Volanus was involved with controversy about both Jesuits and the Ecclesia Minor or Polish Brethren.^[3] Fausto Sozzini's De Jesu Christi natura (1584) is a reply to Volanus.

Works

• Caecitas et poena ecclesiae, libellus lectu dignissimus 1608
• Francisci Turriani ... Contra Andream Volanum ... de sanctissima eucharistia ...1577
• Paraenesis Andreae Volani ad omnes in regno Poloniae, Magnoque Ducatu Lituaniæ. 1582
• Andreæ Volani Ad beatissimum patrem, D. Hippolytum Aldebrandinum ... Oratio 1593
• De dignitate ordinis ecclesiastici regni Poloniæ 1582
• De libertate politica 1572

Notes and References

1. Kestutis Daugirdas Andreas Volanus und die Reformation im Großfürstentum Litauen
2. Marcelinas Ročka, Ingė Lukšaitė Rinktiniai raštai Andreas Volanus 1996 - 446 pages
3. The Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 423