John Calvin — "Many people have accused me of such ferocious cruelty that I would like to kill …"

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 — John Calvin Early Modern · Protestant reformer

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

Date: c. 1550s-1560s

War & Violence

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