Assertio orthodoxae doctrinae de duabus naturis Christi, servatoris nostri, opposita blasphemiis & sophismatibus Simonis Budnaei nuper ab ipso in Lituania evulgatis

It is imposed upon us to dispute concerning divine matters, nor is it permitted any longer to venerate the ineffable mysteries in silence while such impiety rages publicly. Budnæus Simon Budny, a Polish-Lithuanian reformer known for anti-Trinitarian views also dragged me, against my will, into this task of writing by publishing a booklet under the inscription of your Magnificent name against me. By this, he does not attack me more than he attacks the true and orthodox doctrine, which I considered a sin not to defend, having been challenged by name. And although I hear that such is the constancy of your faith, and that you, Illustrious and Magnificent Lord, are so adorned and imbued by the grace and spirit of God that there is no need to fear that you might be led astray by the flimsy arguments of the adversary, nevertheless, for the sake of others who are less exercised in this controversy and not so confirmed in the orthodox faith, I have decided to publish this response to the public. We ask everyone to test the spirits diligently to see whether they are from God, and to weigh whether this spirit, which detracts from the honor of our Savior and undermines the certainty of our faith, is from God. Let them seek the truth of the dogmas in the holy scriptures, but let them also know that there is a way to seek. For the Christian religion does not teach an Academic ἐποχὴν suspension of judgment, but it has its own principles, firmer than the principles and axioms of geometricians and arithmeticians. And since the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets, let them listen to the judgments of pious men, both ancient and recent, who have interpreted the holy scriptures. It is most false that the adversaries wish to persuade everyone that all those who assert the holy Trinity and the eternal deity of Christ our Savior are Papists. From the beginning, they dared to assert...