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Servetus was also interested in theology.  He opened correspondence with [[John Calvin]] in which he disputed the sacred and central doctrine of the [[Holy Trinity]].  As news of Servetus and his heresies spread, the Church became involved.

Servetus was also interested in theology.  He opened correspondence with [[John Calvin]] in which he disputed the sacred and central doctrine of the [[Holy Trinity]].  As news of Servetus and his heresies spread, the Church became involved.

In 1553, Servetus was denounced as a [[heretic]] while in [[Vienna]] by one of Calvin's followers who had been offended by the humanistic doctrines of the physician.  Servetus was imprisoned and found guilty of heresy by the [[French Inquisition]], and sentenced to [[death]] by being burnt alive along with his books. For the crime of suggesting that children should not be baptized, Calvin had demanded that Servetus merely be beheaded, rather than burnt alive.  But Servetus was able to escape from [[prison]] for a time, although his books were consigned to the purifying effigy which the Inquisition had built to cleanse the world of his doctrines, which were considered to be [[blasphemy|blasphemous]].  However, a short time later, he was apprehended in [[Geneva]] and, on October 27, 1553, was burned at the stake for the preaching of non-trinitarianism and anti-[[paedobaptism]].  [[Martin Luther]] helped see to it that the sale and printing of the Michael Servetus' books was immediately halted.

In 1553, Servetus was denounced as a [[heretic]] while in [[Vienna]] by one of Calvin's followers who had been offended by the humanistic doctrines of the physician.  Servetus was imprisoned and found guilty of heresy by the [[French Inquisition]], and sentenced to [[death]] by being burnt alive along with his books. For the crime of suggesting that children should not be baptized, Calvin had demanded that Servetus merely be beheaded, rather than burnt alive.  But Servetus was able to escape from [[prison]] for a time, although his books were consigned to the purifying effigy which the Inquisition had built to cleanse the world of his doctrines, which were considered to be [[blasphemy|blasphemous]].  However, a short time later, he was apprehended in [[Geneva]] and, on October 27, 1553, was burned at the stake for the preaching of non-trinitarianism and anti-[[Infant baptism|paedobaptism]].  [[Martin Luther]] helped see to it that the sale and printing of the Michael Servetus' books was immediately halted.

Despite Servetus's execution, his teachings had already spread through the [[Libertine]] movement, thus setting in motion the events that gave rise to the modernist philosophy of [[Secular Humanism]].  He was also considered the first [[Unitarian]] [[martyr]], although his theology has little to do with current [[Unitarian Universalism]].

Despite Servetus's execution, his teachings had already spread through the [[Libertine]] movement, thus setting in motion the events that gave rise to the modernist philosophy of [[Secular Humanism]].  He was also considered the first [[Unitarian]] [[martyr]], although his theology has little to do with current [[Unitarian Universalism]].