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Sebastian Castellio

Type Figure Region Switzerland Time 1515–1563 Also known as Sebastian Castellio、Sébastien Châteillon、塞巴斯蒂安·沙泰勒永

French-born humanist scholar and Bible translator who taught at the Geneva Academy;…

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  1. 1515–1542Saint-Martin-du-Frêne · Kingdom of FranceBorn in eastern France, he received a humanist education in Lyon and elsewhere, mastering Greek and Hebrew, and engaged in Bible translation and classical scholarship.
  2. 1542–1544Geneva · GenevaInvited by Calvin in 1542 to teach at the Geneva Academy, he later clashed with Calvin over ritual, discipline, and doctrinal interpretation, and was forced to leave Geneva in 1544.
  3. 1551–1563Basel · BaselFrom 1551 he undertook Bible translation and teaching in Basel; after the Servetus case in 1553 he publicly condemned putting heretics to death, published 'Should Heretics Be Persecuted?' in 1554, engaged in a fierce pen war with Calvin, and advocated freedom of faith and the freedom of conscience from coercion.

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