An Apology for Dr Michael Servetus Author:Richard Wright Subtitle: Including an Account of His Life, Persecution, Writings and Opinions: Being Designed to Eradicate Bigotry and Uncharitableness: and to Promote Liberality of Sentiment Amoung Christians General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1806 Original Publisher: printed and sold by F.B. Wright Notes: This is a black and ... more »white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. , PERSECUTION OF SERVETUS. Sect. 1. Calvin raises a persecution against Servetus. Sect. 2. He is arrested at Vienne, makes his escape, is burnt in effigy with his looks; goes to Geneva, is arrested there. Sect. 3. Trial of Servetus at Geneva. Sect. 4. Articles extracted by Calvin from the books of Servetus, with a view to criminate him, with the Doctor's answers. Sect. 5. The petitions of Servetus to his judges respecting the cruel treatment he received. Sect. 6. The correspondence between Calvin, the magistrates of Geneva, and the other reformed ministers and magistrates, on the case of Servetus. Sect. 7. Servetus condemned to die. Sect. 8. His dying speech. Sect. 9. He is burnt alive. The successful commencement of the reformation might naturally lead men to expect the revival of true Christian liberty, that freedom of enquiry would no longer be thought criminal, that no one would henceforward be persecuted for his opinions, that dungeons and the devouring flames would no more be the lot of virtuous men, at least in those countries where the reformed religion was adopted; but those who formed such pleasing expectations soon found themselves mistaken. The spirit of popery did not depart with the renunciation of the pope's authority, nor were Inc corrupt maxims of an- tichristian priests banished when the arbitrary edicts of the court of Rome...« less