John Calvin, an influential Protestant reformer whom the Presbyterian and the Baptists follow (aka Calvanist), burned his opponent Michael Servetus alive for the Heretical views.
Michael hoped he get executed instead of getting burned alive.
but instead of accepting the plea to mercy, he was burned alive in green woods and sulfur was added to prolong his suffering. http://lhim.org/blog/2012/07/09/michael-servetus-martyred-by-john-calvin-3/
This was the decision of the Council as well, to burn his anti-trinitarian books along with him. Based on the justinian codex.
- Renowned Historian, Edward Gibbon writes: “The patriot reformers were ambitious of succeeding tyrants whom they had dethroned. They asserted the right of the magistrate to punish heretics with death”.
