The Crime of Michael Servetus
Since the death of Jesus Christ and up to 1517, the Roman Catholic Church had adopted certain rites and procedures as a normal part of its religious practice. From time to time throughout its history splinter groups had attempted to introduce innovations or variations in the Christian faith. However well meaning these groups, they had not been tolerated by the Church authorities, usually resulting in the “heretics” being put to a brutal death. In 1553, based on his study…
