Theodore Beza, in defense of Calvin and…

Theodore Beza, in defense of Calvin and the Genevan magistrates, publishes De haereticis a civili magistratu puniendis.

Calvin presents arguments in favor of the execution of Servetus for diverging from orthodox Christian doctrine, in a treatise published in February 1544 entitled Defense of the orthodox faith in the sacred Trinity (Defensio orthodoxae fidei de sacra Trinitate).

Calvin’s actions cause some Italian religious exiles, who are now in Switzerland, to move to the more tolerant Kingdom of Poland.