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The word is "excommunication" and can be overturned as in the case of the Lefebvrite bishops who were excommunicated by Pope John Paul II and reinstated into the fold of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI even though they reject both the Vatican II Council and the pope's authority and one of them is a Holocaust denier.
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∙ 11y agoheretics were usually burned at the stake if they kept doing whatever the Church didn't want them to do
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What were the heretics' contribution to the Reformation?
The heretics were those who were unfaithful to religion after the catastrophe in the late middle ages, where 3 popes were elected all at once. The religious people wanted to eliminate these heretics, which was one of the fundamental reasons for the reformation.
Who was deemed a heretic?
A:Until the time of the Reformation, it was easy for most people in Western Europe to define a heretic. He was someone who was not obedient to the Catholic Church. With the coming of the Reformation, we had the situation that for Catholics, Protestants were heretic; for Protestants, Catholics were heretics; and for both, Anabaptists were heretics. Sebastian Castellio said that a heretic was someone with whom someone else disagreed.
What were important ideas from the reformation?
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What was another name for the French Protestants during the Reformation?
A Huguenot is another name for the French Protestants during the reformation.(\(\(- -) Your Friend,(')(') Drakeenzo
How do you put reformation in a sentence?
Protestants were the people who during the European Reformation protested against the Roman Catholic Church.
What were people rebelling against Catholic Church during Reformation called?
Catholics called them heretics, they called themselves protestants.
What were the heretics' contribution to the Reformation?
The heretics were those who were unfaithful to religion after the catastrophe in the late middle ages, where 3 popes were elected all at once. The religious people wanted to eliminate these heretics, which was one of the fundamental reasons for the reformation.
How were heretics punished at this time?
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How were heretics punished?
Heretics were often punished by the church during the Middle Ages through methods such as excommunication, imprisonment, or execution by burning at the stake. The severity of the punishment depended on the specific circumstances and the prevailing religious and political climate of the time.
What three groups were punished for their beliefs in the middle ages?
heretics, moors, and jews
During the counter reformation covvicted heterics could be punished how?
well they would torture them doing streching, burning, being hangled
Which people in Spain were punished or killed because of their religion?
The people targeted for their religions were Jews, Muslims, and heretics.
Those who protested the Catholic Church during the reformation and began a new religion were known as?
.Catholic AnswerAt the time they were known as heretics. Modern scholars, more politically correct, call them protestants.
Why was Spain in the Catholic Reformation?
Because Spain had the "most Catholic monarchs" who sought to preserve the faith in their country unspotted by protestant heretics.
Who was deemed a heretic?
A:Until the time of the Reformation, it was easy for most people in Western Europe to define a heretic. He was someone who was not obedient to the Catholic Church. With the coming of the Reformation, we had the situation that for Catholics, Protestants were heretic; for Protestants, Catholics were heretics; and for both, Anabaptists were heretics. Sebastian Castellio said that a heretic was someone with whom someone else disagreed.
Why didn't the church fight the Reformation?
It did - the Catholic Church responded to the Reformation with the Counter-Reformation. Jan Hus and John Wycliffe, who were early supporters of reform, were burned as heretics (Wycliffe posthumously). The reformation involved many wars, such as the Hussite Wars and the German Peasants' Revolt. Martin Luther, one of the leaders of the Reformation, was excommunicated by the Pope. The Reformation was not an instant, easy movement - it met with quite a lot of resistance.
Why was Thomas More a saint when he killed heretics?
Thomas More was recognized as a saint primarily for his unwavering faith and loyalty to the Catholic Church, especially during the English Reformation. While he did support the prosecution of heretics, his sainthood does not condone violence. His martyrdom was seen as a stand against religious persecution and for the defense of religious freedom and conscience.
