The Flames By Lawrence And Nancy Goldstone - 1381 Words

Fire burns everything; it brings nothing but destruction and ruin. Miguel Servetus and his ideas were meant to burn at the stake, but they are still around today, Out of the Flames by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone explains the importance of his ideas and the history around it. Although this book provides a lot of important information, a lot of it is unnecessary. The authors jump around a lot trying to present their argument and their research. This book is a book about a book that discusses the importance of books. Books are threatening because they pass of ideas where everyone believes they have freedom of speech. But for Servetus, it was considered Heresy. He went against the Catholic Church and disproved the Holy Trinity by arguing that the Trinity was never mentioned in the Bible. Servetus believed that the teachings of the Trinity were actually false teachings by Greek philosophers. Enraged by these ideas, Servetus wrote 3 books about how the Trinity does not exist. These three books got Servetus into a lot of trouble; his books were banned, making readers want them even more. The Catholic Church was not happy that Servetus was not only challenging the natural order of things but also challenging and threatening society and natural God. The Goldstones talk about go on tangents while talking about Servetus and his life and his constant escapes and disguises so that he could avoid being put to death. Evidently, as mentioned earlier, Servetus could not escape fate and