Sebastian Castillio - the forgotten humanist Calvin loathed
To kill a man is not a doctrine, but it is to kill a man - Sebastian Castellio
What if the humanist Sebastian Castellio had been able to successfully enforce his views on tolerance against Calvin´s fanatical approach to burn heretics (like Miguel Serveto) with absolute cooperation of secular authorities (those who disagreed with Calvin him were in serious danger). Further more , could his views have become mainstream/more common in the Protestant movement earlier ? Could the rampant Protestant witch trials (under supervision of authority) and other persecutions and rampant Antisemitism have been averted ? Castello is relatively unknown today, his works had been sanctioned because of Calvin´s enemyship towards his ideals.
To kill a man is not a doctrine, but it is to kill a man - Sebastian Castellio
What if the humanist Sebastian Castellio had been able to successfully enforce his views on tolerance against Calvin´s fanatical approach to burn heretics (like Miguel Serveto) with absolute cooperation of secular authorities (those who disagreed with Calvin him were in serious danger). Further more , could his views have become mainstream/more common in the Protestant movement earlier ? Could the rampant Protestant witch trials (under supervision of authority) and other persecutions and rampant Antisemitism have been averted ? Castello is relatively unknown today, his works had been sanctioned because of Calvin´s enemyship towards his ideals.
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