Was Calvin A Homosexual Convict?
https://heidelblog.net/2012/11/was-calvin-a-homosexual-convict/
John Calvin and the Anti-Protestant Sodomy Rumor
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2020/01/john-calvin-the-ludicrous-sodomy-rumor.html
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Saturday, February 1, 2020
John Calvin Was NOT A Homosexual Convict
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Calvin and Servetus
Many anti-Calvinists argue against Calvinism because of what happened to Michael Servetus. Here are some resources as to how my fellow Calvinists deal with this objection.
A summary of what James White claims really happened between John Calvin and Michael Servetus.
According to James White, Calvin risked his life to privately meet with and discuss theology with Michael Servetus. But Servetus didn't show up. Later on, when it was known that Calvin knew Servetus' pseudonym (Michael de Villanueva), the city Servetus lived in, and that he was employed by an archbishop in a major city, Calvin reluctantly gave up the information. The man who squeezed the information out of Calvin confessed that he had real difficulty getting the information out of Calvin because Calvin would have rather refuted Servetus in writing than have him executed. But because there was a governmental investigation going on, Calvin gave in.
Servetus' arrest by the Catholic authorities was aided by Calvin having provided evidence of the real identity of Michael de Villanueva. However, Servetus eventually escaped.
Servetus then made a beeline flight to Geneva. During that time Calvin wasn't, as many think, the autocrat of Geneva. He wasn't even a citizen of Geneva. He became a citizen six years later in 1559. Servetus entered Geneva knowing that if he was discovered that he would almost certainly be arrested for heresy. Sometime in Geneva Servetus himself accused Calvin of heresy and attempted to convince the Genevan authorities to arrest him on charges of heresy. Knowing that at that time Calvin had many opponents in Geneva and that the elections didn't go in Calvin's favor. And so Servetus tried to get Calvin's political enemies to side with him against Calvin. Servetus even filed a motion accusing Calvin of simony. He did so in such a way that if it succeeded Calvin's home and property might fall to Servetus.
When the Genevan authorities eventually convicted Servetus of heresy and determined he was worthy of the death penalty the ministers (including Calvin) asked that Servetus be executed in a way that was quicker and less painful. But the secular council refused. Even up until the night before Servetus was executed Calvin tried to convince him of the error of his ways in hopes that he would repent. Finally, it was William Farel, not Calvin, who accompanied Servetus to his execution.
According to James White, Calvin risked his life to privately meet with and discuss theology with Michael Servetus. But Servetus didn't show up. Later on, when it was known that Calvin knew Servetus' pseudonym (Michael de Villanueva), the city Servetus lived in, and that he was employed by an archbishop in a major city, Calvin reluctantly gave up the information. The man who squeezed the information out of Calvin confessed that he had real difficulty getting the information out of Calvin because Calvin would have rather refuted Servetus in writing than have him executed. But because there was a governmental investigation going on, Calvin gave in.
Servetus' arrest by the Catholic authorities was aided by Calvin having provided evidence of the real identity of Michael de Villanueva. However, Servetus eventually escaped.
Servetus then made a beeline flight to Geneva. During that time Calvin wasn't, as many think, the autocrat of Geneva. He wasn't even a citizen of Geneva. He became a citizen six years later in 1559. Servetus entered Geneva knowing that if he was discovered that he would almost certainly be arrested for heresy. Sometime in Geneva Servetus himself accused Calvin of heresy and attempted to convince the Genevan authorities to arrest him on charges of heresy. Knowing that at that time Calvin had many opponents in Geneva and that the elections didn't go in Calvin's favor. And so Servetus tried to get Calvin's political enemies to side with him against Calvin. Servetus even filed a motion accusing Calvin of simony. He did so in such a way that if it succeeded Calvin's home and property might fall to Servetus.
When the Genevan authorities eventually convicted Servetus of heresy and determined he was worthy of the death penalty the ministers (including Calvin) asked that Servetus be executed in a way that was quicker and less painful. But the secular council refused. Even up until the night before Servetus was executed Calvin tried to convince him of the error of his ways in hopes that he would repent. Finally, it was William Farel, not Calvin, who accompanied Servetus to his execution.
This blog was actually posted 3/7/2014
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