Act_against_Blasphemy_1695

Act against Blasphemy 1695

Act against Blasphemy 1695

Act of the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland


The Act against Blasphemy 1695 was an Act of the Parliament of Scotland (1695 c. 11), passed on 28 June 1695.

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The Act reaffirmed the earlier Act against the crime of Blasphemy 1661[1][2] and was brought into use in a campaign in 1696 against those regarded as promoting Deism or Atheism.[3] Both Acts were specified in the indictment which led to the execution of Thomas Aikenhead.[4]

The Act was repealed in 1813 under the Unitarian Relief Act.[5]


References

  1. "The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707". K.M. Brown et al. eds (St Andrews, 2007 2009), 1695, 9 May, Edinburgh, Parliament (1695/5/117). Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. Wasser, Michael (2002). Julian Goodare (ed.). The Scottish Witch Hunt in Context. Manchester University Press. p. 151. ISBN 0719060249.
  3. Maclear, J. F. (1997). Church and State in the Modern Age: A Documentary History. Oxford University Press. p. 189. ISBN 0195086813.

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