Did Protestants Burn Heretics? Did Protestants burn heretics? burned at the stake What happened to heretics during the Reformation? For some years after the Protestant Reformation, Protestant denominations were also known to execute those whom they considered heretics. The edict of Theodosius II (435) provided severe punishments for those who had or spread writings of
What Effect Did Persecution Have On Christianity? What effect did persecution have on Christianity? During the Great Persecution which lasted from 303 to 312/313, governors were given direct edicts from the emperor. Christian churches and texts were to be destroyed, meeting for Christian worship was forbidden, and those Christians who refused to recant lost their
What Did The Quakers Refuse To Do? What did the Quakers refuse to do? As everyone knows, Quakers were and are pacifists, in most cases refusing to bear arms during conflict. They refused to remove their hats to those in authority or who were considered financially and socially their superior. They refused this practice because