The fruits of forcing consciences are: if they die rather than recant, you are murderers; if they recant, they lie and their soul perishes.
Sebastian Castellio (1515-1563) Savoyard teacher, theologian, preacher [Sebastien Châtaillon]
Advice to a Desolate France (1562)
Quotations by:
Castellio, Sebastian
To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man.
Sebastian Castellio (1515-1563) Savoyard teacher, theologian, preacher [Sebastien Châtaillon]
Contra Libellum Calvini (1554)
on John Calvin's role in execution of Servetus
Why is our age still in darkness? Instead of working toward the golden age, we dispute, spilling the blood of the weakest. What is more absurd, we do it in Christ’s name who said to turn the other cheek, return good for evil and leave the weeds in the wheat field until the harvest.
Sebastian Castellio (1515-1563) Savoyard teacher, theologian, preacher [Sebastien Châtaillon]
Latin Bible, Preface (1551)