“Out of the Flames: The Remarkable story of a fearless scholar, a fatal heresy, One of the rarest books in the world” is a novel written by Nancy L. Goldstone. The novel is set in the period of the Renaissance, a time of which the old ideas were starting to be questioned and new ideas were being developed. The novel is about a conflict between a man named Michael Servetus and the Roman Catholic Church. Servetus is a man of science and theology, a Renaissance man and a well respected physician. He makes many discoveries one of the prominent ones being pulmonary circulation. Servetus raises upon a question of the belief of the Trinity, which is the one of the main beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church. Servetus propagates this question in a
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When Servetus’s book “Restoration of Christianity” is published it evoked an extreme reaction among the reading public. People’s initial reaction was mixed, one person in particular whom is John Calvin took a negative approach to the book. Calvin at the time was starting his own Reformation movement while Servetus was spreading his ideas of his book. This ends up causing an interference with Calvin’s Reformation, as well a risk to lose followers. Calvin’s opinion of Servetus’s book is very harsh, mainly because of the ideas mentioned go against Calvin’s beliefs. Calvin, frustrated writes many letters to Servetus explaining his ideas are wrong and using his own book to show that he is incorrect etc. Servetus replies in a calm matter at first when received Calvin’s letter. As Calvin’s letters become frequent Servetus’s replies and attitude gradually change from calm to an angered attitude. Servetus ends up being fed up with Calvin being accused that he is wrong etc and ends up clashing violently with Calvin. The violent clash escalates to Servetus ending up burning at Geneva on the stake attached with his book, however even though Servetus was burned the book and its ideas end up surviving to impact the
When Servetus’s book “Restoration of Christianity” is published it evoked an extreme reaction among the reading public. People’s initial reaction was mixed, one person in particular whom is John Calvin took a negative approach to the book. Calvin at the time was starting his own Reformation movement while Servetus was spreading his ideas of his book. This ends up causing an interference with Calvin’s Reformation, as well a risk to lose followers. Calvin’s opinion of Servetus’s book is very harsh, mainly because of the ideas mentioned go against Calvin’s beliefs. Calvin, frustrated writes many letters to Servetus explaining his ideas are wrong and using his own book to show that he is incorrect etc. Servetus replies in a calm matter at first when received Calvin’s letter. As Calvin’s letters become frequent Servetus’s replies and attitude gradually change from calm to an angered attitude. Servetus ends up being fed up with Calvin being accused that he is wrong etc and ends up clashing violently with Calvin. The violent clash escalates to Servetus ending up burning at Geneva on the stake attached with his book, however even though Servetus was burned the book and its ideas end up surviving to impact the