WIST Quotations

Castellio, Sebastian -- Advice to a Desolate France (1562)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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)

Castellio, Sebastian -- Contra Libellum Calvini (1554)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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

Castellio, Sebastian -- Latin Bible, Preface (1551)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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)