Original sentence: Calvin had a great commitment to the absolute sovereignty and holiness of God.Calvin had long supported Servetus' execution.Calvin was reluctant to ordain Genevans, preferring to choose more qualified pastors from the stream of French immigrants pouring into the city for the express purpose of supporting his own program of reform.Calvin's acceptance of torture in particular is reprehensible to modern sensibilities, but in this view, he was in accord with the prevailing attitude of that age.He was a rabid enthusiast, and did everything he could in the way of insult and ribaldry to provoke the feeling of the Christian church.Samuel Taylor Coleridge, without attempting to exonerate the opinion of Calvin and the others in his time, said of the execution, "If ever a poor fanatic thrust himself into the fire, it was Michael Servetus.Some allege that Calvin was not above using the Consistory to further his own political aims and maintain his sway over civil and religious life in Geneva, and, it is argued, he responded harshly to any challenge to his actions
Edited sentence: Calvin had a great commitment to the idea of the absolute sovereignty and holiness of God.Calvin had long sought Servetus' execution.Calvin was not above using the Consistory to further his own political aims and maintain his sway over civil and religious life in Geneva, and, it is argued, he responded harshly to any challenge to his actions.Calvin was reluctant to ordain Genevans, preferring to choose pastors from the stream of French immigrants pouring into the city for the express purpose of supporting his own program of reform.Calvin's acceptance of torture in particular is reprehensible, but in this view, he was in accord with the prevailing attitude of that age