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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...
- 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...
- of Love, both of
which were
considered heresy. As
Utenhoven declined to
recant her
religious beliefs,
which were
illegal under Catholic Habsburg rule,...
- dead,
often attributed to
Christian beliefs. In the
second verse the jinn
recant their belief in
false gods and
venerate Muhammad for his monotheism. The...
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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...
- for
Roman emperor Diocletian, but was
sentenced to
death for
refusing to
recant his
Christian faith. He
became one of the most
venerated saints, heroes...
- in 1951 with the
signing of the
Treaty of San Francisco, ****an does not
recant on its
claims that the
Liancourt Rocks are ****anese territory. In 2009,...
