The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

said the decree:--
“We forbid all persons to lodge, entertain,
furnish with food, fire, or clothing, or otherwise to
favor any one holden or notoriously suspected of
being a heretic; ... and any one failing to denounce
any such, we ordain shall be liable to the abovementioned
punishments.” The edict went on to
provide “that if any person, being not convicted of
heresy or error, but greatly suspected thereof, and
therefore condemned by the spiritual judge to
abjure such heresy, or by the secular magistrate to
make public fine or reparation, shall again become
suspected or tainted with heresy--although it
should not appear that he has contravened or
violated any one of our abovementioned
commands--nevertheless we do will and ordain that
such person shall be considered as relapsed, and, as
such, be punished with loss of life and property,
without any hope of moderation or mitigation of
the above-mentioned penalties.”
And it was further decreed “that the spiritual
judges desiring to proceed against any one for the
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