Many people have accused me of such ferocious cruelty that I would like to kill again the man I have destroyed. Not only am I indifferent to their comments, but I rejoice in the fact that they spit in my face.
— John Calvin Early Modern

Protestant reformer

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Cited in a discussion about his response to critics after Servetus's execution

Date / Period

c. 1550s-1560s

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Controversial

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https://www.atheologyintension.com/john-calvin-heresy-hunter-with-an-axe-to-grin…

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