Did Calvin Murder Servetus? - Table of Contents

Was Calvin's decision to kill Servetus based upon spiritual principles or revenge? Standford Rives, a lawyer of Reformed training, carefully examines the case. We recommend you buy the book and read:

Title Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter One: Reopening the Question
Chapter Two: Servetus' Doctrines
Chapter Three: Malicious Accusations
Chapter Four: The Issue of Murder
Chapter Five: Why the Death Penalty?
Chapter Six: Betrayal of Principles
Chapter Seven: Can A Witness Murder?
Chapter Eight: Why Examine Whether Calvin's Fruits Included Murder?
Chapter Nine: Church History on Treatment of Heresy
Chapter Ten: Others Charging Murder Against Calvin
Chapter Eleven: Calvin's Biography
Chapter Twelve: Geneva's Law
Chapter Thirteen: Biography of Servetus
Chapter Fourteen: Luther and Calvin Were Impacted Positively by Servetus
Chapter Fifteen: Servetus Was a Protestant
Chapter Sixteen: The Conscious Pursuit of an Unjustified Killing
Chapter Seventeen: Was Servetus Reasonable in His Dispute Over the Trinity Doctrine?
Chapter Eighteen: Did Geneva Have Jurisdiction?
Chapter Nineteen: The Cerberus Quotation
Chapter Twenty: Did Calvin Have Murderous Intent?
Chapter Twenty-one: Calvin Knew It Was Unchristian To Kill Heretics
Chapter Twenty-two: Blasphemy Under The Mosaic Law
Chapter Twenty-three: Servetus Objects To The Death Penalty
Chapter Twenty-four: Calvin's Improper Pressure On The Verdict
Chapter Twenty-five: Castellio's Plea
Chapter Twenty-six: How The Input From The Four Swiss Cities Relates
Chapter Twenty-seven: Appeal Denied & Servetus' Last Words
Chapter Twenty-eight: Standard Excuses for Calvin
Chapter Twenty-nine: An Insanity Defense?
Chapter Thirty: A Provocation Defense?
Chapter Thirty-one: Self-Defense?
Chapter Thirty-two: Proofs of Murder Summarized
Chapter Thirty-three: The Hole in Calvin's Conscience
Chapter Thirty-four: Conclusion

Appendices:
Appendix A: The Official Complaint By Calvin's Cook/Student
Appendix B: The Verdict on Servetus
Appendix C: The Justinian Codex as Respects Anti-trinitarianism
Appendix D: Treatment of Heretics in the Justinian Codex
Appendix E: Geneva, An Independent Republic
Appendix F: Justinian's Novella, 538 A.D.
Dealing With Jews and Words Worthy of Death
Appendix G: Geneva Confession of Faith of 1536
Appendix H: Athanasian Creed, Ninth Century A.D.
Appendix I: Calvin's Institutes on Freedom of Conscience
Appendix J: "This Day I Have Begotten Thee"-A Verse in Servetus' Favor
Appendix K: Trinitarians' Fouls
Appendix L: The Nature of Caiaphas' Responsibility for a Judicial Murder of Jesus
Appendix M: Calvin's' 1555 Subversion of Geneva's Democracy
Appendix N: Subversion of the Dutch Republic, Turning It Murderous of
Christians Of Different Viewpoints
Appendix O: Was Servetus A Pantheist?
Appendix P: The U.N. Resolution Against The Defamation of Religion

Bibliography
Index

A synopsis is at Rives' Knol (Google's encyclopedia) article entitled Servetus & Calvin.