Wednesday, October 5, 2011

What was the global and local impacts of Anti Trinitarianism?

Two major things came out of the death of Michael Servetus.


- Non Trinitarian believers morphed the religion into several new denominations. Some of these included:




  • Bible Students
  • Unitarians
  • Christiadelphians
  • Christian Scientists
  • Iglesia ni Cristo
  • Jehovah's Witnesses 
  • Latter Day Saints
  • Oneness Pentecostals
  • United Church of God
- Michael Servetus's execution served as an example to the splintering of the moral values of the new Protestant belief systems.  His acquaintance, John Calvin acted as his prosecutor, judge and executioner only furthering the idea that selfishness and corruption could be an opportunity to "getting your way".


It is an abuse to condemn to death those who are wrong in their interpretation of the Scriptures. Such penalty must only be imposed to murderers." (Letter to Aecolampadious, Calvini, op. VIII, 862)

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