The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Friday October 27th, 2023
Michael Servetus: To Kill A Man Does Not Defend An Idea by Rene Wadlow
27 October is a time to mark the impact of the United Nations 1981 Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. Freedom of conscience necessitates international protection as seen by a world history of persecution and intolerance. At a time when there is increasing sectarian violence, it is useful to mark the milestones on the long road to freedom of conscience.
27 October 1553 was such a milestone, even if at the time it was more an example of fear of diversity of views and narrow intolerance, for 27 October was the day Michael Servetus was burned at the stake on a hill outside the walls of the Republic of Geneva. His crimes were heresy and blasphemy. He had faced a long trial and examination of his ideas. The intellectual prosecution was led by Jean Calvin, the leading Protestant thinker in Geneva along with his close associate Theodore de Bese, Rector of what later became the University of Geneva and second only to Calvin in his influence on religious thought in the city. The analysis of the trial along with Servetus’ comments was sent to the other leading Protestant churches in Switzerland for their views.
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The Wine Dark Sea #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“The vastness of the ancient sea
Like gold under an Aegean sunset,
And I sat there countless of times
On a balcony overlooking the caldera
In silence mesmerised by the view,
And I thought of Homer,
And his wine-dark sea.”
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Tang & Ram #74 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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