Even the good and the great can make the most terrible gaffes, and the burning of Michael Servetus at the stake in Champel in 1553 is generally considered to be the most serious error of judgement in the otherwise exemplary life and career of Jean Calvin, Geneva’s Protestant ruler in the sixteenth century. At that epoch, it was quite common for scholars to use a Latin or Greek form of their name. Thus, Michael Servetus was born Miguel Serveto-in…
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…
Lobbying Activities Favouring the Russian Federation by Gabriel Dupont …
Interview d’Osman El Hajjé Vice-Président de l’Association Internationale IUS…
