Everything about The De Heretico Comburendo totally explained
The
De heretico comburendo was a law passed by King
Henry IV of England in
1401 forbidding the owning or producing of a translation of the
Bible and punishing
heretics with
burning at the stake.
Meaning and Linguistics
De heretico comburendo is a
Latin phrase meaning "Regarding the heretic who is to be burnt", or perhaps more colloquially "Regarding the burning of heretics". An alternate spelling is
De haeretico comburendo, reflecting the proper ancient and
Middle Ages spelling (by the second century C.E. the diphthong
ae had been changed in prounciation from to [e], but most texts today use the spelling without the letter
a. See
Latin spelling and pronunciation for more information.
History
Although English translations of the
Bible had existed for hundreds of years, the
Middle English translation published under the direction of
John Wyclif in the
1380s, known as
Wyclif's Bible, was the first to gain widespread acceptance and use. The Church authorities comdemned Wyclif's translation, partially because they deemed the commentary included with the work to be heretical, and partially because they believed any translation of the Bible from the Latin
Vulgate to be a heretical undertaking.
Wyclif was the inspiration for what would become the
Lollard movement, which was considered heretical by the Church. The
De heretico comburendo was passed in 1401 by
King Henry IV, specifically punishing those who owned or produced any translation of the Bible with
burning at the stake. This law was one of the strictest religious
censorship statutes ever enacted in England.
The
Constitutions of Oxford, established in
1409 by Archbishop
Thomas Arundel, were further punitive measures intended to punish heresy in England that grew in large part out of the
De heretico comburendo.
Further Information
Get more info on 'De Heretico Comburendo'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://de_heretico_comburendo.totallyexplained.com">De heretico comburendo Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
