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Christian heresy

Christian heresy refers to non-orthodox practices and beliefs that were deemed to be heretical by one or more of the Christian churches. In Western Christianity, the term "heresy" most commonly refers to those beliefs which were declared to be anathema by the Catholic Church prior to the schism of 1054...

Timeline of Events

1140

6.3.1140

French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.

1307

10.13.1307

Hundreds of Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into a "confession" of heresy.

1415

5.4.1415

Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.

1416

5.30.1416

The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.

1456

7.7.1456

A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.

1553

8.13.1553

Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.

1556

2.14.1556

Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.

1559

8.22.1559

Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.

1593

5.18.1593

Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.

1600

2.17.1600

The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome for heresy.