On September 30th at 7:00 pm there will
be a 500th birthday celebration in memory of the birth of Michael
Servetus, an important 16th century theologian burned at
the stake for advocating freedom of conscience and a simpler, more
compassionate Christianity. Along with cake and ice cream, we will
have a reading of the first act of the screenplay, The Passion of
the Heretic, a multimedia presentation of Thomas and Marilyn
Clayton's 2010 research trip to Europe, and the premier introduction
of Thomas' new book on Servetus, Rebel With a Cause: The Radical
Reformer. The celebration will be at the Unitarian Universalist
Church of Greensboro, 5603
Hilltop Rd (at Guilford College Road), Jamestown, NC 27282-9396
Phone: 336 856-0330.
Michael Servetus was a
mathematician, geographer, astronomer, editor, writer, physician, and
theologian when the printing press was transforming Europe, the
Renaissance was flowering, church and state were competing for power,
the German Protestants were challenging the Catholic Church. Into
this fiery turmoil Michael Servetus dares to challenge any and all
accepted beliefs, insisting that Christianity return to its roots of
love, compassion, and monotheism. Inquisitions, kings, and John
Calvin, the Protestant Pope, stand in his way.
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