The Act De heretico comburendo was not a dead letter.
But the arrival of Pole and the formal reconciliation with Rome at the close of the year were accompanied by the revival of the statute de heretico comburendo, and the great persecution opened in February with the burning of Rogers.
The Six Articles Act was repealed, but that was nothing more than an abolition of penalties, like the accompanying repeal of the statutes de heretico comburendo.
It was not till the next reign, when the bishops succeeded in calling in the crown to their aid, and passed the statute De heretico comburendo, that Lollardy ceased to flourish.
In England, in 1400, the death penalty for heresy was introduced by the statute de heretico comburendo.
In a fatal hour, Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, obtained the statute De heretico comburendo, by which William Sawtrey had been burnt, and now again sought to apply the same deceptive remedy.
The terrible and infamous statute, "De Heretico Comburendo," had been passed in the previous year, and but a few months before the first victim of that enactment had been burnt at the stake.
It was under this prelate's guidance that the king assented to the infamous statute De Heretico Comburendo (1401), which condemned all convicted schismatics to the stake and fire.
So Henry lost as much love of the clergy by this act as he had gained by his assent to the statute De Heretico Comburendo.
De Heretico Comburendo, which made the stake once more the doom of all who refused to obey the Pope.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "heretico" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
