Michael Servetus Quotes


In the inhalation and exhalation there is an energy and a lively divine spirit, since He, through his spirit supports the breath of life, giving courage to the people who are in the earth and spirit to those who walk on it.


Citations

Servetus, Michael. Christianismi Restitutio. Balthazar Arnoullet, 1553.

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Michael Servetus
Michael Servetus
  • Born: September 29, 1509
  • Died: October 27, 1553
  • Nationality: Spanish
  • Profession: Theologian, Physician, Editor, Translator

Michael Servetus was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and Renaissance humanist. He was the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation, as discussed in Christianismi Restitutio (1553). He was a polymath versed in many sciences: mathematics, astronomy and meteorology, geography, human anatomy, medicine and pharmacology, as well as jurisprudence, translation, poetry and the scholarly study of the Bible in its original languages.