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Author Rives, Standford.

Title Did Calvin murder Servetus? / by Standford Rives.

Imprint Charleston, S.C. : BookSurge Pub., c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  284.2 C139Br 2008    ---  Available
Edition 1st BookSurge ed.
Description xix, 562, xxv p. ; 23 cm.
Summary "The purpose of this book is to examine the legality of the trial of a Spanish physician Michael Servetus. Servetus was burned at the stake in the protestant city of Geneva for the crime of heresy. His trial was organized and manipulated by the protestant theologian John Calvin, the father of reformed theology. Proponents of Calvinist theology have long maintained the innocence of Calvin in claiming that he had acted well within the bounds of Geneva's legal jurisdiction. It is also proposed that John Calvin's motives in seeking the death of the Spaniard were the benevolent and pious desire to defend the true faith against the errors of heresy. Almost 500 years after the martyrdom of Michael Servetus the facts have been obscured by well-meaning apologetics. Standford Rives takes on the monumental task of uncovering the historical truth underneath the centuries of misrepresentation and tailored research."--Amazon.com.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. i- xvi) and index.
Subject Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
Servetus, Michael, 1511?-1553.
ISBN 9781439208687
1439208689

 
    
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