Yes, he argued that this more humane punishment of beheading was fitting for the capital crime for which Servetus had been condemned, not only in Protestant Geneva, but also by the Catholics.
Up until the end of the 19th century, many crimes in Europe carried a death sentence. You could be executed for stealing a loaf of bread in some places. Do you honestly think that we can understand that world from our present place in history?
Not at all. I hold to the traditional, classical Calvinist theology, same as Jesus, same as the Apostle Paul, same as Augustine, same as John Calvin, same as John Owens, same as Jonathan Edwards, same as C.H. Spurgeon, same as John Piper. You would have a difficult time coming up with a dime's worth of difference between us.Do you honestly think that we can understand that world from our present place in history?
Jerry, unless you intend to burn us all at the stake - or have our heads chopped off - you cannot reconcile those two statements.