Heresy trials are legal proceedings held in the past to judge people accused of having different beliefs or ideas that go against the accepted or official religious teachings. Full definition
Whether the committee statement, if adopted, will ever be used as a basis for such serious procedures as heresy trials can not now be predicted, but that it will be used by Boards of Ordained Ministry in screening candidates can be confidently stated. (religion-online.org)
Most of the actual heresy trials, without judge and jury, were about matters of personal morals. (religion-online.org)
Not only are heresy trials almost extinct, as they should be. (religion-online.org)