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Subject: Re: John Calvin persecution of Castellio continued... Author: XOX [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 13:04:30 06/24/04 Thu In reply to: XOX 's message, "Founder of Liberal Christianity" on 12:56:40 06/24/04 Thu John Calvin persecution of Castellio continued..... Calvin initially pretended to take a patronizing attitude toward Castellio, but when Castellio continued speaking out about Calvin's totalitarianism, Calvin changed his tone. The man once worthy of the office of pastor became a "beast." Castellio had to endure hardship and extreme poverty because he was ostracized as someone who opposed the most powerful reformer. He spent about eight years trying to support his family as a proofreader at the printing houses of Oporin in Basel, a translator and manual laborer. Finally he became a lecturer on Greek at the University. What had been Castellio contribution to the Christian Faith. Castellio was a learned man. He devoted his time in translation of the Bible from the original languages into Latin and French. He hoped to make it accessible to educated people by rendering the Bible into Latin and to the common people by translating it into the French vernacular. Did that helped to ease John Calvin anger toward Castellio? Of course not. In 1553 he became professor of Greek at the University of Basel and was popular among the students. De Bèze and Calvin, however, pressed the University authorities to regard him as a dangerous enemy of religion. In 1561 they almost succeeded and he contemplated seeking refuge in Poland. The persecution he suffered affected his health and he died in 1563 at the age of 48. He was buried in the tomb of the illustrious Grynaeus family of Munster. His enemies filled with hate and fanaticism exhumed his body and dispersed the ashes. No suprise there again. John Calvin couldn't tolerante anyone who disagreed with him. Even after Castellio left Geneva, John Calvin still tried to make Castellio live difficult by condamning him as the enemy. Isn't that what we have observed from fundies today? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: Castellio passionate accusation of Fundies XOX 13:07:04 06/24/04 Thu