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THE BURNING OF SERVETUS

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Talk by the Rev. H. L. Short
Lecturer in Church History, Manchester College, Oxford
Three hundred years ago Servetus was burned in Geneva. He had been condemned to death for heresy both by the Roman Catholics in Vienna and the Calvinists in Geneva. Mr. Short , who has made a special study of his works explains why Servetus was condemned by both parts of the Christian Church and talks about the principles for which he died.
(The recorded broadcast of Oct. 31)

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