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Socinus Bible
The Bible and the writings of the Socinians in one app
The King James Version, the Berean Standard Bible, the Luther Bible of 1912, the Elberfelder Bible of 1905 and the Racovian New Testament of 1630 – with Strong’s numbers, a lexicon and the complete Socinian library. Everything is stored on the device and works without the internet.
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The app is in English and German; five works are also included in Polish, and the Racovian Catechism in six languages. Version 1.0.1 with the Berean Standard Bible, the Elberfelder 1905 and three new works is out on Google Play; for iPhone and iPad it will follow. Until then the App Store has version 1.0.0 with three Bible editions and 17 works.
- 20
- works of the Socinians
- 5
- Bible editions
- 18,000+
- Bible references linked to the works
- 19,671
- lexicon entries on the original text
Bible and works, linked in both directions
Beside every verse, a book mark in the margin carries a number: that is how many passages in the works expound the verse. One tap lists them, another opens the passage in the work, a third takes you back to the Bible. The other way round, every Bible reference in a work is a link – reading Sozzini, you have the verse in front of you at once.
A tap on a word opens the lexicon with the Hebrew or Greek original, its transliteration, meaning and grammar. So every interpretation can be checked against the original text – in the spirit of the Socinian scripture principle.
The app in action
A tour of the app: how the Bible and the works are linked in both directions, the Socinian library and its history, the five Bible editions, original text and lexicon, comparing and searching, listening and study.
A look inside the app
Reading. The King James Version with Strong’s numbers. The number in the margin tells how often the works expound the verse. 
Lexicon. Tap a word: original, transliteration, meaning and grammar. 
Original text. Every verse word by word, with transliteration, Strong’s number and grammar. 
Library. 20 works of the Socinians and a glossary from A to Z. 
Works. Every Bible reference in the text leads straight into the Bible. 
Racovian NT 1630. With marginal notes and the differences from Luther’s wording. 
Light and dark. Light, dark or black – for reading by day and by night. 
Study. Verse of the day with the works that expound it, and reading plans.
The Socinian library
20 works of the Socinian Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries, all in English and German, five of them also in Polish; the Racovian Catechism is included in six languages. Every work has footnotes, an index of Bible passages and its own search, and a glossary covers more than 1,700 terms.
- Fausto Sozzini
- On Jesus Christ the Saviour
- On the Nature of Jesus Christ
- On the Authority of Holy Scripture
- Sacred Lectures
- On the Church
- On Justification
- On the Honor of Christ
- On the Existence of the Only-Begotten Son of God
- On the Non-Invocation of Jesus Christ in Prayer
- Theological Lectures
- Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount
- Commentary on the First Epistle of John
- Johannes Crell
- Christian Ethics
- Aristotelian Ethics
- On the One God, the Father
- Michael Servetus
- On the Divine Trinity
- On the Mystery of the Trinity
- Andrzej Wiszowaty
- Rational Religion
- György Enyedi
- Explanations of the Trinitarian Proof-Texts
- Polish Brethren
- The Racovian Catechism
What the app contains
Five Bible editions
- King James Version (1769) with Strong’s numbers
- Berean Standard Bible (BSB), a public-domain translation in present-day English, with Strong’s numbers, headings, paragraphs and poetry and over 4,800 translators’ footnotes (can be switched off)
- Luther Bible 1912 (German): here too a tap leads to the original word; words are linked by fixed, verifiable rules and marked as such, uncertain words stay without a number
- Elberfelder Bible 1905 (German, unrevised) with Strong’s numbers by the same rules and over 9,000 notes; wording from digital editions, not checked against the print throughout
- Racovian New Testament of 1630 (German) by Johannes Crell and Joachim Stegmann, newly edited with over 10,000 marginal notes; differences from Luther’s wording are marked and listed per chapter
Original text
- Lexicon with 19,671 entries from Strong’s Dictionary and STEP Bible: Hebrew or Greek word, transliteration, meaning, grammar, derivation and renderings per edition
- All occurrences of a word, with their distribution across the books and filters
- Interlinear: the original text of every verse with transliteration, Strong’s numbers and grammar in plain words
- Variant readings per verse, for example between the text bases of the King James Version and the Berean Standard Bible
Read and compare
- Parallel view: a second edition or the original under every verse
- Compare a verse across all editions
- Over 330,000 cross-references (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge), plus parallel accounts and Old Testament quotations, both ways
- Words of Jesus in red (King James Version and Berean Standard Bible)
Search
- Words and phrases across the Bible, the works, the Racovian NT, marginal notes, footnotes and notes, with counts
- Strong’s numbers such as G3056 and references such as “John 3:16”
- Similar forms, match case, limit to a testament, a book or the works
Listen
- Have the Bible and the works read aloud, with the current verse highlighted
- Speed and sleep timer
Study
- Verse of the day from 366 passages, with an optional daily reminder
- Seven reading plans, for example the Bible in a year or “Socinian key texts”: the 30 chapters the works expound most often
- Reading progress in the chapter grid and in each work’s contents, continue reading and history
Your entries
- Highlights in five colors, notes and bookmarks, in the Bible and in the works
- Collections and “My entries” with filters and search
- Copy verses with their reference or share them as an image card
- Export a backup file and restore it
Display
- Light, dark, black or system appearance
- Text size and line spacing, system font size, screen reader, reduced motion
- English or German for interface and content, set separately
Get Socinus Bible
Buy once, everything included – no in-app purchases, no subscription.
Sources: King James Version with Strong’s numbers (CrossWire), Berean Standard Bible, Luther Bible 1912 and Elberfelder Bible 1905 (public domain), STEP Bible and CrossReferences.org (CC BY 4.0), Strong’s Dictionary. Credits in the app.