De heretico comburendo

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De heretico comburendo

Parliament of England
Long title	The orthodoxy of the faith of the church of England asserted, and provision made against the oppugners of the same; with the punishment of Hereticks.
Citation	2 Hen. 4. c. 15
Dates
Royal assent	10 March 1401
Other legislation
Repealed by	Act of Supremacy 1558
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

De heretico comburendo or the Suppression of Heresy Act 1400 (2 Hen. 4. c. 15) was a law passed by Parliament under King Henry IV of England in 1401 for the suppression of the Lollards. It punished seditious heretics with burning at the stake. This law was one of the strictest religious censorship statutes ever enacted in England,^[1] affecting preaching and possession of Lollard literature.