A church court which investigated, tried and convicted heretics was the Inquisition.
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Heretics
Heretics in the early church were banished, imprisoned or even killed.
The special court set up to find and kill heretics is called an inquisition. It was established by the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages to combat religious dissent and ensure doctrinal conformity. The Spanish Inquisition is one of the most well-known examples of this type of court.
The church's attacks on heretics were called inquisitions. These were formal investigations and trials conducted by the church to identify and punish individuals who held beliefs contrary to its teachings.
No they did not.
Heretics were professed believers who stood by religious opinions contrary to those subscribed to by their church
They are said to be heretics.
J. A. Packer has written: 'Among the heretics in Europe' 'Among the heretics in Eurpoe' -- subject(s): Baptists, Church history
the religious court established to find and punish heretics
b. heretics
.Roman Catholic AnswerMost of the people who protested against the Church in the sixteenth century were heretics and apostates. Today they are, more politically correct, known as "protestant reformers" by those who followed them.