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Recantation is a
public denial of a
previously published opinion or belief. The word is
derived from the
Latin re
cantare ("sing again"). It is related...
- and
philosopher Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) in 1633
after being forced to
recant his
claims that the
Earth moves around the Sun,
rather than the converse...
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technique used in the 17th
century to
coerce Christians ("Kiri****an") to
recant their faith. The
victim was hung head-down by the feet. Both ****anese and...
- he
recanted within a sixty-day
period commencing upon the
publication of the bull in
Saxony and its
neighboring regions.
Luther refused to
recant and...
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alive if they did not
recant, all
except three — Jan van Essen,
Hendrik Vos, and
Lampertus Thorn —
recanted.
Those who
recanted were
released but were...
- Leo X. In
answer to questioning, he
defended these views and
refused to
recant them. At the end of the diet, the
Emperor issued the
Edict of
Worms (Wormser...
- murder,
though recanted his
confessions of both crimes.
Since his arrest, Hall has
confessed to more than thirty-five murders,
recanting them all. However...
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Celestine delegated Cyril the job of
condemning Nestorius if he did not
recant his teachings. He
supported the
mission of the
Gallic bishops that sent...
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crown prince.
According to one account,
after the Báb's bastinado, he
recanted his
claims and
provided a "sealed undertaking" that he
would not repeat...
- "Eppur si muove" ("And yet [the Earth] moves"),
spoken after deciding to
recant his
heliocentric theory, is a
legendary example of a
sotto voce utterance...
