1.0Banner of Truth USAhttps://banneroftruth.org/usrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8YOqyhIrK6"><a href="https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/articles/2025/calvin-concern-sozzini/">‘This Itching After Investigation’: Calvin’s Concern for Lelio Sozzini</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/articles/2025/calvin-concern-sozzini/embed/#?secret=8YOqyhIrK6" width="600" height="338" title="“‘This Itching After Investigation’: Calvin’s Concern for Lelio Sozzini” — Banner of Truth USA" data-secret="8YOqyhIrK6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://banneroftruth.org/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://banneroftruth.org/us/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ycba_97ed0493-2223-4a02-90f8-4acecd468877.jpg400225John Calvin was a prolific correspondent. He wrote to civil rulers and dignitaries, to fellow reformers, and even to figures who would later stray from the path of orthodox biblical faith. One such man was the Italian Lelio Sozzini (1525–1562) who would, together with his nephew Faustus Sozzini (1539–1604,) spark the movement that became known […]