Heresy Lecture Essay

What I found to be particularly interesting in the lecture “Heresy Lecture Part One” was the practice of piety. As piety demonstrated an individual’s devotion to their faith by conducting religious activities on a daily basis. For devout Christians performed piety religious acts out of their own desire, not because they were forced to or that they were unwilling. However, those that did not abide by the principles of the Roman Catholic Church could be accused of heresy. For individuals that did not partake in the piety revival could possibly be persecuted for failing to provide evidence of their devotion to God. Therefore, during the piety revival, there was an increase of people being accused of heresy, which resulted in people being