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Many thousands of people have been accused, over the centuries, of heresy. Most of them recanted, at least under torture or when threatened with painful forms of execution. The various Catholic Inquisitions were set up, almost exclusively to discover those who harboured heretical thoughts and to bring them to trial.

Two well known 'heretics' are Giordano Bruno, a scientist and pantheist, who was found guilty of heresy by the Roman Inquisition and burnt at the stake in 1600, and Galileo Galilei, who was was found "vehemently suspect of heresy" and placed under house arrest at the pleasure of the Inquisition.

Martin Luther was accused of heresy because he challenged the sale of indulgences. Prierias, Master of the Papal Palace, declared any challenge to the sale of indulgences to be heretical.

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Heresy is the act of lying upon holy grounds.

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