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New Credo Podcast: Did Calvin Murder Heretics?

Who was Michael Servetus and what was Servetus’ view of the Trinity? How does Servetus’ biblicism lead him to reject Nicene and scholastic trinitarianism? How does the sixteenth century historical context shed light on the execution of Servetus? How are we to understand Servetus last words? What role did Calvin play in the Servetus affair…and what role did he not play? How does the Servetus affair help us think through church-state relations, trinitarianism, and even eschatology?

In this episode of the Credo podcast, Matthew Barrett talks with Gary Jenkins about Michael Servetus, John Calvin, and Trinitarianism.

Gary W. Jenkins (PhD, Rutgers University) is the John H. Van Gordon Professor in History, Chair of the History Department, and the Director of the Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture at Eastern University, where he has served since 1994. He is the author of Liberal Learning and the Great Christian TraditionsFrom Rome to Zurich, between Ignatius and VermigliJohn Jewel and the English National Church: The Dilemmas of an Erastian Reformer, and Calvin’s Tormentors: Understanding the Conflicts That Shaped the Reformer.

Listen to the podcast today and view previous episodes of the Credo podcast as well.

Gary Jenkins

Gary W. Jenkins (PhD, Rutgers University) is the John H. Van Gordon Professor in History, Chair of the History Department, and the Director of the Center for Orthodox Thought and Culture at Eastern University, where he has served since 1994. He is the author of Liberal Learning and the Great Christian Traditions, From Rome to Zurich, between Ignatius and Vermigli, John Jewel and the English National Church: The Dilemmas of an Erastian Reformer, and Calvin’s Tormentors: Understanding the Conflicts That Shaped the Reformer.

Matthew Barrett

Matthew Barrett is the editor-in-chief of Credo Magazine, director of the Center for Classical Theology, and host of the Credo podcast. He is professor of Christian theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the author of several books, including Simply Trinity, which won the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award in Theology/Ethics. His new book is called The Reformation as Renewal: Retrieving the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. He is currently writing a Systematic Theology with Baker Academic.

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