The single incident that has been used more than any other to blacken the character of John Calvin and to smear his memory is the execution of Michael Servetus, an admitted heretic and the man the Unitarians identify as their proto-martyr. A bitter opponent of the doctrine of the Trinity, and a hater of the message of the Gospel of Christ, Servetus entered Geneva in spite of Calvin's explicit warnings that doing so would expose him to the laws of Geneva. Though Calvin was not a citizen of Geneva and thus had no authority to order the arrest of Servetus or to hold him for trial, Calvin was still bound by the law, in his capacity as a Christian minister, to report the presence of Servetus to the council. This message explores the facts of the situation and seeks to underscore the truth that the council of Geneva that had little, if any, sympathy for Calvin was still appalled at the views and behavior of Servetus. When sentence of death had been passed by the council, Calvin interceded that Servetus should be beheaded rather than being burned. But the council steadfastly refused his request.
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Rev. David Mook is the pioneer pastor of Phoenix Free Presbyterian Church, founded early in 1986. Following his graduation from Bob Jones University in 1974, he joined the faculty in the Division of Speech, continuing there until 1983 when he entered the Free Presbyterian...
