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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.
Heresy is the act of lying upon holy grounds.
He was accused of heresy.
Galileo Galilei
Charles Darwin was accused of Heresy because in his time everyone believed in God and he proposed the theory of evolution which contradicts that God created the universe in which we live in today
The theologian was accused of spreading heresy by promoting beliefs that were contrary to the teachings of the church.
Heresy is a crime against the Christian church. Someone who commits a heresy is a heretic.
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Queen mary, threy were accused of heresy.
Being accused of a major crime means that you are being accused of doing something really bad, criminally. This can range from theft to assaulting someone.
Joan of Arc was a woman who was a great military leader. That was a problem because she was in a very male dominant society. She was burned at the stake for being a witch even though it was really just because of her great accomplishments.
Someone is accused "of" a crime.
Accusing is the present participle of accuse, the act of claiming someone has done something.
The bishop accused Joan of both witchcraft and heresy. However, Joan defended herself quite well and he could not prove the allegations. In the end he found an obscure mandate in the Old Testament that forbade women from donning male clothing. He used that to convict her of heresy. The main reason she was accused of anything was Joan had led the French to several military victories that had seriously embarrassed and humiliated the British army and they wanted her dead.