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Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Act 1677
The
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Act
1677
was an
Act of the Parliament of England
. It abolished
the death penalty
for
heresy
,
blasphemy
,
atheism
,
schism
and such
crimes
.
The
whole
Act was
repealed
by
section
87
of, and to, the
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963
.