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Handout #123 |
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Legislation of Frederick II against the heretics |
| Anyone who has been manifestly convicted of heresy by the bishop of his diocese shall on the bishop's request be seized immediately by the secular authorities of the place and delivered to the stake. If the judges think his life should be preserved, particularly to convict other heretics, they shall cut out the tongue of the one who has not hesitated to blaspheme against the Catholic faith and the name of God . |