The Travail Of Religious Liberty - Nine Biographical Studies (Paperback)

Erar atI of Ciberty 23tograpfytcal Stubtes by ROLAND H. BAINTON tDestmtnster press To HILDA AND GLEN KING Him that overcometh will I makf a pillar in the temple of my God Foreword Mr. James Sprung of Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1911 established a perpetual lectureship at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, which would enable this institution to secure from time to time the services of distinguished min isters and authoritative scholars as special lecturers on sub jects connected with various departments of Christian thought and Christian work. The lecturers are chosen by the faculty of the seminary and a committee of the Board of Trustees, and the lectures are published after their delivery in accordance with a contract between the lecturer and these representatives of the institution. The series of lectures on this foundation for the year 1950 is presented in this volume. B. R. LACY, JR., President Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. Preface The material in this book represents in large part lectures de livered at the invitation of the faculty and trustees of the Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, on the James Sprunt foundation. Portions of these lectures were de livered also at the Danforth Conference at Camp Mini wanca, Shelly, Michigan at the Eden Theological Seminary, Webster Groves, Missouri and at the Vermont Congrega tional Ministers Conference, Montpelier, Vermont. For pub lication, these lectures were revised and in some cases am plified. ROLAND H. BAINTON. The Divinity School, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Contents Foreword 7 Preface 9 Introduction 13 PART i PERSECUTION CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT 1. The Peak of Catholic PersecutionThomas of Torquemada 33 2. The Peak of Protestant Intolerance John Calvin 54 3. The Victim of Protestant Persecution Michael Servetus 72 PART 2 THE TOLERATION CONTROVERSY OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 4. The Remonstrator Sebastien Castellio 97 5. The Heretic as Hypocrite David Joris 125 6. The Heretic as Exile Bernardino Ochino 149 PART 3 THE FREEDOM OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 7. The Bard of Speech Unbound John Milton 179 12 CONTENTS 8. The Seeker Roger Williams 208 9. Apologist for the Act of Toleration John Locke 229 Reflections 253 Sources 261 Index Crat ail of Heligious liberty