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The Cathar Crusade was initiated by the Catholic Church to eliminate the Cathar heresy in Languedoc. [[Galileo Galilei]] was brought before the [[Inquisition]] for heresy, but abjured his views and was sentenced to house arrest, under which he spent the rest of his life. Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy," namely of having held the opinions that the Sun lies motionless at the centre of the universe, and that the Earth is not at its centre and moves, and that one may hold and defend an opinion as probable after it has been declared contrary to [[Bible|Holy Scripture]]. | The Cathar Crusade was initiated by the Catholic Church to eliminate the Cathar heresy in Languedoc. [[Galileo Galilei]] was brought before the [[Inquisition]] for heresy, but abjured his views and was sentenced to house arrest, under which he spent the rest of his life. Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy," namely of having held the opinions that the Sun lies motionless at the centre of the universe, and that the Earth is not at its centre and moves, and that one may hold and defend an opinion as probable after it has been declared contrary to [[Bible|Holy Scripture]]. | ||
[[File:Thomas More.jpg|300px|thumb| | [[File:Thomas More.jpg|300px|thumb|Sir Thomas More, after he was beheaded for heresy.]] | ||
In Britain, the 16th-century English Reformation resulted in a number of executions on charges of heresy. During the thirty-eight years of Henry VIII's reign, about sixty heretics, mainly Protestants, were executed and a rather greater number of Catholics lost their lives on grounds of political offences such as treason, notably | In Britain, the 16th-century English Reformation resulted in a number of executions on charges of heresy. During the thirty-eight years of Henry VIII's reign, about sixty heretics, mainly Protestants, were executed and a rather greater number of Catholics lost their lives on grounds of political offences such as treason, notably Sir Thomas More and Cardinal John Fisher, for refusing to accept the king's supremacy over the Church in England. Under Edward VI, the heresy laws were repealed in 1547 only to be reintroduced in 1554 by [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary I]]. | ||
The number of people executed as heretics under the authority of the various "ecclesiastical authorities" is not known. | The number of people executed as heretics under the authority of the various "ecclesiastical authorities" is not known. | ||