Shall we start going through Catholic figures involved in things such as the Inquisition one by one in the depth in which you dissect Calvin?
There wouldn’t be enough bandwidth on FR to do that.
He was wrong for supporting the death sentence for heresy Scripturally and by modern standards.
He was typical for supporting the death penalty for heresy according to religious custom and practice of hundreds of years by the Catholic church and by that days standards.
To his credit, he wanted a quick execution instead of the torturous burning at the stake.
People in those days had a lot to learn about compassion and a lot to unlearn from Roman Catholicism’s treatment of dissenters. It doesn’t always happen overnight, although one could wish it did.
Well put.