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<big><big><big><big>Background Material on Servetus Affair</big></big></big></big><br>
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<br>
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<big><big><big>1. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Founding of USA and Its Constitution</span><br>
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<small><small>Calvin revealed himself at Geneva, especially in the
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Servetus Affair, as less than an advocate of free speech and the
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freedom of religion. Yet, modern Calvinists claim our revolution was a
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Calvinist Revolution. Calvinists also claim the Christians who
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led our Revolution were Calvinists. Are these claims true? <span style="font-style: italic;">No.<br>
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<a href="Lessons/Appendix%20on%20Founding%20Fathers.pdf">PDF Version </a> <a href="Calvin%20and%20Founding%20of%20America.html">HTML Version</a><br>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span></span></small></small></big></big></big><big><big><big><small><small>The
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first demands for freedom of religion in America were made in the 1657
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Remonstrances by English citizens within the Dutch Republic. Even
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though article 13 of the Dutch Constitution protected the freedom of
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religion, the Calvinists had usurped that, and had
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persecuted those who resisted the Dutch Reformed Church in the
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Netherlands, and now extended this to Boston and New Amsterdaam
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(N.Y.)'s Dutch colonies. Thus, the 1657 Remonstrances was the
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first seed of religious liberty planted in America, and it was
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specifically planted <span style="font-style: italic;">against</span>
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Calvinist encroachment on guaranteed civil liberities in the Dutch
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Constitution of 1579. Thus, to say our revolution was Calvinist is
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absurd. We copied almost all of the Dutch Republic's institutions, but
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they were all formed prior to the usurpation of Calvinism in the
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Netherlands to take control. Thus, the history of the rise and fall of
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the Dutch Republic is more testimony of the evil fruits
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of Calvinism.<br>
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<a href="Lessons/Dutch%20Republic%20-%20Calvinist%20subversion%20of%20freedom%20of%20religion.pdf">PDF Version</a> <a href="Lessons/Dutch%20Republic%20-%20Calvinist%20subversion%20of%20freedom%20of%20religion.html">HTML Version</a></small></small></big></big></big><big><big><big><small><small><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span>
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</span><big><big>2. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Servetus Affair Teaches The Intent of the First Amendment</span></big></big><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br>
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</span></span>Jefferson mentioned four times the Servetus Affair in his
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writings. In the First Amendment,
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Jefferson unquestionably desired to separate church from
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state in the sense violated at Geneva in 1553. One can only
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understand Jefferson's rationale for the First Amendment, and his
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words about separation, when one reads Jefferson's attacks on Calvin's
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behavior in the Servetus Affair. Separation did not mean to remove
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religious expression or support in state institutions,
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emblems, legislation or properties, but to remove the state as the
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arbiter of correct opinion on religious issues. This is what
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Jefferson's letter on seperation means, both expressly and by means of
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an oblique reference to the Servetus Affair.<br>
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<a href="Lessons/Origin%20of%20Our%20First%20Amendment%20&%20The%20Servetus%20Affair.pdf">PDF Version </a> <a href="Origin%20of%20Our%20First%20Amendment%20&%20The%20Servetus%20Affair.html">HTML Version</a><br>
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</small></small></big></big></big><big><big><big><small><small><big><big>3. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Books in the Public Domain on Servetus Affair<br>
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<small><small><a href="Books/Chaufpierre%20The_life_of_Servetus__tr__by_J__Yair.pdf">Chauffpie, Life of Servetus, 1771 [Calvin Apologist]</a><br>
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<a href="Books/Hodges%20Impartial_history_of_servetus%201724.pdf">Hodges, Impartial History of Michael Servetus, 1724 [Calvin critic]</a><br>
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<a href="Books/WrightAn_Apology_for_Dr__Michael_Servetus%201809.pdf">Wright, An Apology for Dr. Michael Servetus, 1809 [Calvin critic]</a><br>
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<a href="Books/Servetus%20article%20The_Encyclopaedia_Britannica%20vol%2021%201888.pdf">"Servetus," Encyclopedia Britannica, 1888 [neutral]</a><br>
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<a href="Books/Mannapology_right_of_private_judgment_pseu_servetus_v_calvin_1775_pp_1-50.pdf">Mann, Cursory Remarks...or an Apology for the Private Right Judgment...by Michael Servetus, 1775 [Calvin critic]</a><br>
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4. <big>Online Appendices to 'Did Calvin Murder Servetus?' </big> <br>
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<a href="Lessons/Appendices%20only%20to%20Did%20Calvin%20Murder%20Servetus.pdf">PDF Version</a><br>
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5. <big>Calvin's Subversion of Geneva in 1555 and Responsibility For Later Killing of Heretics<br>
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</big></small></small></span><small><small><big><small><small>Calvin
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set the precedent of killing heretics in Geneva in 1553. This was then
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used in 1555 to kill political opponents, and gain hegemony over
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Geneva. This tactic was repeated again in 1581 to subvert the young
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Dutch Republic which guaranteed religious liberty in its Constitution.
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Calvinists usurped the laws of the Netherlands, and then created a de facto state church out of the
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Dutch Reformed Church. They then persecuted and killed Christians who
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dissented from their views. They did this in the Council of Dort in
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1619, and then again with the Boston Martyrs in 1659-1661. This tendency to
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kill anyone who was suspected of being different also led to
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the Salem Witch Trials, again perpetrated by Calvinist Puritans
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trying to imitate the Geneva Republic. For a detailed 27 page analysis,
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see the linked document/webpage.<br>
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<a href="Lessons/Calvin%201555%20Subversion%20of%20Geneva%20Democracy%20Repeated%20in%201579.pdf"> PDF Version </a> <a href="Lessons/Calvin%201555%20Subversion%20of%20Geneva%20Democracy%20Repeated%20in%201579.html">HTML Version</a><br>
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<big style="font-weight: bold;"><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">6.</span><big><big> </big></big>Calvin's Moral Responsibility for Catholic Slaughter of Calvinists</big></big><br>
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Calvin bears moral responsibility for the Catholic decision to kill
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Calvinists in the Netherlands and in France between 1568 and 1572 while
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leaving the Lutherans alone. This is because Lutherans did not believe
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in persecuting heretics, while Calvin, due to the Servetus Affair,
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endorsed killing heretics in 1554 as a means of deflecting the charge
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of murder over killing Servetus. Calvin's failure to admit his failing
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led to this poor excuse, and the consequent message to Catholics that
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they were in danger if the French Huguenots or the Calvinists of the
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Netherlands rose in influence because then they would kill Catholics as
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heretics. The Catholics then predictably made a pre-emptive strike on
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the Calvinists of France in 1572 (at least 25,000 were killed) and the
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Netherlands in 1568 (20,000 were killed). For a detailed 22 page
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analysis see the next linked document/webpage.<br>
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<a href="Lessons/Does%20Calvin%20Bear%20Responsibility%20for%20Later%20Slaughter%20by%20Catholics%20of%20Calvinists.pdf">PDF Version</a> <a href="Lessons/Does%20Calvin%20Bear%20Responsibility%20for%20Later%20Slaughter%20by%20Catholics%20of%20Calvinists.html">HTML Version</a><br>
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<big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br>
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7.</span></big></big> <big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lord Acton's Example</span></big></big><br>
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Lord Acton was a Catholic who 300 years after the St. Batholomew's
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Massacre felt compelled to expose the Pope and his cardinals'
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responsibility for the murder of 25,000 to 100,000 French Huguenots.
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Lord Acton believed that because the Catholic Church claimed it was
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upolding true doctrine, it was important to remember it committed mass
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murder. It needed to repent. Lord Acton is an excellent example that
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Calvinists should imitate with respect to Calvin's role in killing
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Servetus. No matter how much time has gone by, it is imperative that
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those who claim to be the heirs of someone who turns out to be a
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murderer need to confess the crime, and seek repentance from all those
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following the criminal's doctrines and who honor his memory. For
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extensive analysis on Lord' Acton's exposure, see the linked
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<a href="Lessons/Lord%20Actons%20Example.pdf">PDF Version </a> <a href="Lessons/Lord%20Actons%20Example.html">HTML Version</a><br>
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