Was the Protestant Reformer John Calvin convicted of the crime of sodomy in 1527?
The French city of Noyon, John Calvin's birth city, had on public record a criminal conviction against “Jean Calvin” for the crime of sodomy in 1527. The historical Reformer Jean Calvin would have been about 18 years old in 1527.
Around this time, Calvin’s family removed him from studying for the Catholic priesthood and transferred him to begin studying law. Around 1530, Calvin adopted Lutheran beliefs and became a theological Protestant.
Calvinists today deny that their “Jean Calvin” was convicted of sodomy, but the fact was attested to by citizens of Noyon.
Contemporary Calvinists acknowledge the criminal record, but claim that the “Jean Calvin” convicted of sodomy in Noyon (Calvin’s home town) was actually another “Jean Calvin” living in the same town at the same time in 1527.
Later in life Jean Calvin was reluctant to marry but was coerced into marriage so as to appear as a “married minister” and more acceptable to Protestant sensibilities. He married a widow named Idlette who was 9 years older than him.
Henry VIII led an absolute reign of terror
Even during his time it was not normal for a monarch to do paranoid Stalinist style purges of his advisors, much less execute multiple of his wives or clergy
By the end of his reign he executed roughly 57,000 people or about 1% of England's entire population at the time
“I’m Catholic but idk how I feel about these body part relics”
Good, you weak effete homosexual. You’re going to fucking die and that will be what’s left of your body. Look at it and reflect on your own mortality and why the bones of a Saint make you uncomfortable.
The Seven Infallible:
1 John 3:5 – The phrase "born of water and the Spirit" definitively refers to the sacrament of water Baptism.
2 Luke 22:19 (and 1 Corinthians 11:24) – Christ’s command to "Do this in memory of me" definitively instituted the Apostles as ordained priests.
3 John 20:22–23 (and Matthew 18:18) – The power given to the Apostles to forgive and retain sins definitively established the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession).
4 Romans 5:12 – The passage regarding death entering the world through one man definitively refers to the reality of Original Sin.
5 James 5:14 – The "presbyters" called to anoint the sick definitively refer to ordained priests, establishing the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. [1]
A Few Others Implied by Dogma
• Matthew 16:18 – Christ choosing Peter as the "rock" establishes the Papacy.
• Genesis 3:15 & Luke 1:28 – Formally tied to the dogma of the Immaculate Conception
After that - you’re on your own..
@Samuel43750453 Ah yes, because an institution should be condemned for actions they’ve long since denounced and reformed from even after centuries have passed
@iam_shwa Easily the Orthodox because their history is absolutely humiliating. Prots can at least bask in the glory of the English empire and the Industrial Revolution