Heresy in Christianity

formal denial or doubt of a core doctrine of the Christian faith

6 dated entries naming Heresy in Christianity, drawn from 6 separate years between 313 CE and 1600 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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4th century

  • 313October 2 – Lateran Synod: Donatism is declared a heresy.source

5th century

  • 405In the Roman province of Africa, Augustine of Hippo opposes Donatism as a heresy.source

13th century

  • 1203April 8 – Congress of Bilino Polje: Ban Kulin, ruler of Bosnia, officially declares his allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church and denounces heresy.source

14th century

  • 1307October 13 – King Philip IV of France orders the arrest of all members of the Knights Templar in France. The Templars, together with their Grand Master Jacques de Molay, are imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured into confessing heresy. In Paris, the king's inquisitors torture some 140 Templars, most of whom eventually make confessions. Many are subjected to "fire torture": their legs are fastened in an iron frame and the soles of their feet are greased with fat or butter. Unable to withstand these tortures, many Templars eventually confess.source

16th century

  • 1536February 25 – Tyrolean Anabaptist leader Jacob Hutter, founder of the Hutterites, is burned at the stake in Innsbruck for heresy.source
  • 1600February 17 – On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy in Rome, Giordano Bruno has his tongue "imprisoned" after he refuses to stop talking.source

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