Origen (circa 185 to 354 AD) Origen is generally considered to be one of the greatest theologians in early Christian movement (If you were a heretic). He stressed Jesus’ humanity, and believed that God might eventually receive all people (even Satan and his demons) into heaven.

Jan Huss, a Bohemian church reformer and martyr, was burned at the stake in 1415 CE.

Michael Servetus who wrote “On The Errors of the Trinity” which led to his execution at the stake in 1553 in John Calvin’s Geneva for his unitarian heresy.

King John Sigismund of Transylvania (now a part of Romania and Hungary) in 1568 issued the first edict of religious freedom. This allowed citizens to hold diverse religious beliefs and still be loyal to the state.

Writers, scientists, and others who promoted religious tolerance, including Alcott, Bryant, Holmes, Locke, Milton, Newton, Florence Nightingale, and Thoreau.

["Founding Fathers"] American politicians such as John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Adlai Stevenson and William Howard Taft.

John Murray, who in 1779 [Gee, just three years after the American Revolution] became the minister of the first Universalist church in the U.S. at Gloucester, MA.

Joseph Priestly, chemist and Unitarian Minister who established the first Unitarian Church in the U.S. in 1796.

Hosea Ballou, author (in 1805) of “A Treatise on Atonement” which argued against the existence of miracles, the Trinity and of Hell. He is sometimes referred to as “The Father of American Universalism“.

Preachers and theologians Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Ellery Channing and Theodore Parker.

Julia Ward Howe, a fighter in the abolition of slavery.

Clara Barton, who worked for penal reform.

Susan B. Anthony, who advocated women’s rights.

Source: EAEC