Hunted Heretic (Paperback)

Roland H. Bainton

ISBN 10: 0972501738 / ISBN 13: 9780972501736

Published by Blackstone Editions, 2005

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Paperback. Michael Servetus, a Spaniard executed for heresy in John Calvin's Geneva, is remembered as an important Reformation-era theologian and as a physician credited with the discovery of the circulation of the blood through the lungs. His first book, On the Errors of the Trinity, so shocked both Catholics and Protestants that he was compelled to live under an assumed name. All but a few copies of his magnum opus, Christianity Restored, were destroyed shortly after publication. However, the case of Servetus, which has been taken up by Voltaire, Gibbon, and many others, marks the beginning of the idea of religious toleration. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hunted Heretic (Paperback)
• Publisher: Blackstone Editions
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0972501738
• ISBN 13: 9780972501736
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Michael Servetus, a Spaniard executed for heresy in John Calvin’s Geneva, is remembered as an important Reformation-era theologian and as a physician credited with the discovery of the circulation of the blood through the lungs. His first book, On the Errors of the Trinity, so shocked both Catholics and Protestants that he was compelled to live under an assumed name. All but a few copies of his magnum opus, Christianity Restored, were destroyed shortly after publication. However, the case of Servetus, which has been taken up by Voltaire, Gibbon, and many others, marks the beginning of the idea of religious toleration.

About the Author

Roland H. Bainton, a professor of church history at Yale University and a lifelong pacifist, wrote Hunted Heretic as part of a life-work consecrated to "the reconciliation of peoples." His works include The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, The Travail of Religious Liberty, Christian Attitudes toward War and Peace, Erasmus of Christendom, three volumes of Women of the Reformation, and a celebrated biography of Martin Luther, Here I Stand.