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John Calvin (/ ˈ k æ l v ɪ n /; [1] Middle French: Jehan Cauvin; French: Jean Calvin [ʒɑ̃ kalvɛ̃]; 10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.
As a defense of his actions, in February 1554 Calvin published a treatise titled Defense of the orthodox faith in the sacred Trinity (Defensio orthodoxae fidei de sacra Trinitate) in which he presented arguments in favor of the execution of Servetus for diverging from orthodox Christian doctrine.
Following the execution of Servetus, a close associate of Calvin, Sebastian Castellio, broke with him on the issue of the treatment of heretics. In Castellio's Treatise on Heretics (1554), he argued for a focus on Christ's moral teachings in place of the vanity of theology, [ 37 ] and he afterward developed a theory of tolerance based on ...
Michael Servetus (/ s ər ˈ v iː t ə s /; [1] Spanish: Miguel Servet; French: Michel Servet; also known as Michel Servetus, Miguel de Villanueva, Revés, or Michel de Villeneuve; 29 September 1509 or 1511 – 27 October 1553) was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and Renaissance humanist.
Date of execution Method Victim(s) President 1 Timothy James McVeigh: White 33 M June 11, 2001 Lethal injection: 8 federal law enforcement officers [a] George W. Bush: 2 Juan Raul Garza: Hispanic 44 M June 19, 2001 Thomas Albert Rumbo, Gilberto Matos, and Erasmo De La Fuente [b] 3 Louis Jones Jr. Black 53 M March 18, 2003 U.S. Army Private ...
Nelson's execution is the second in the U.S. this year and the first of four scheduled in Texas over the next three months. Fox News' Louis Casiano and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
Florida executed James Dennis Ford on Thursday for the savage murders of two young parents in front of their toddler daughter in 1997.. Ford, 64, was executed by lethal injection at the Florida ...
Execution causes church, priest rift. The Rev. Jeff Hood, an anti-death penalty activist, has been fighting for Nelson's life and calling out Dobson's church for supporting the execution, ...