John Piper, a leading Reformed figure, wishes he did not have to apologize for Calvin's role in the Servetus affair. "That legacy of state and church intermingling has not served the Puritan history well." Piper says he looks to God's grace to see how we can make Calvin and his writings "useful" despite this action against Servetus. See this YouTube. A review of Dr. Willis' book Servetus & Calvin in the Literary World (1877) is at this books.google link. A defense of Calvin from the 1800's as supposedly not guilty of death. Highly flawed but notable. See this link. Rilliet's point that the four Swiss churches never said whether they favored imprisonment, death or other punishment at this link. |