Wonderful and very comprehensive!
I appreciate especially the reference to Sebastian Castellio
When you read the quotes from Servetus – one thing stands out glaringly to me.
Michael Servetus had a mental acumen and genius obviously over and above that of John Calvin. Even I can see sophomoric fallacies in Calvin’s arguments.
It has long been my conclusion that Calvin’s power in Geneva went his head.
Bottom line – Calvin hated Servetus because Servetus’s genius made Calvin’s pale in comparison.
Calvinists consistently show themselves to be serpentine in their attempts to paint a dishonest picture on this topic as well as others. Unfortunately, with their degree of consistent dishonesty, Calvinists have produced an ever growing reputation of being untrustworthy.
And that is a sad testimony for a group of professing Christians.
Servetus and Castellio seem to be above Calvin. Voltaire writes:
“We can measure the virulence of this tyranny by the persecution to which Castellio was exposed at Calvin’s instance — although Castellio was a far greater scholar than Calvin, whose jealousy drove him out of Geneva.”
The more we know about Calvin, the more we see he was a megalomaniac. He has all the classic signs of a cult leader, especially not tolerating dissent.
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Wonderful and very comprehensive!
I appreciate especially the reference to Sebastian Castellio
When you read the quotes from Servetus – one thing stands out glaringly to me.
Michael Servetus had a mental acumen and genius obviously over and above that of John Calvin. Even I can see sophomoric fallacies in Calvin’s arguments.
It has long been my conclusion that Calvin’s power in Geneva went his head.
Bottom line – Calvin hated Servetus because Servetus’s genius made Calvin’s pale in comparison.
Calvinists consistently show themselves to be serpentine in their attempts to paint a dishonest picture on this topic as well as others. Unfortunately, with their degree of consistent dishonesty, Calvinists have produced an ever growing reputation of being untrustworthy.
And that is a sad testimony for a group of professing Christians.
Servetus and Castellio seem to be above Calvin. Voltaire writes:
“We can measure the virulence of this tyranny by the persecution to which Castellio was exposed at Calvin’s instance — although Castellio was a far greater scholar than Calvin, whose jealousy drove him out of Geneva.”
The more we know about Calvin, the more we see he was a megalomaniac. He has all the classic signs of a cult leader, especially not tolerating dissent.
Martin Luther authorized the drowning of the Anabaptists for their rejection of infant baptism.
What beef did Calvin REALLY have against Servetus?