Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1677

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1677 c. 9
Anno Regni Caroli II. Regis, Angli, Scoti, Franci & Hiberni,vicesimo nono. An Act for taking away the WritDe Hoeretico comburendo .

(29 Cha. 2) C A P. IX.

'BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the Writ commonly calledBreve de Hoeretico comburendo , with all Process and Proceedings thereupon, in order to the Executing such Writ, or following or depending thereupon, and all Punishment by Death, in pursuance of any Ecclesiastical Censures, be from henceforth utterly taken away and abolished: any Law, Statute, Canon, Constitution, Custom or Usage, to the contrary heretofore or now in Force, in any wise notwithstanding.

S-II A Saying of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. 1 Salk. 135,136.

II A Saying of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. 1 Salk. 135,136.

II. Provided always, That nothing in this Act shall extend or be construed to take away or abridge the Jurisdiction of Protestant Archbishops or Bishops, or any other Judges of any Ecclesiastical Courts, in Cases of Atheism, Blasphemy, Heresy or Schism and other damnable Doctrines and Opinions, but that they may proceed to punish the same...

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