The Katipunan Legacy Some of the Papal Bulls and decrees that curtailed freedom of thought, science and religion The papacy issued papal bulls banning ideas that did not conform to Church dogma. These religious crimes became known as heresy and earned severe punishments for those who espoused them in the realm of social-political thought, science and contrary religions. • In April 1215, Pope Innocent III decreed during the Fourth Lateran Council that anyone caught reading the Bible would be stoned to death by the Church Militia.3 This was in reaction to protestants relying on the bible to seek the truth that was contrary to papal pronouncements. • Papal Bull Ad abolendam, issued by Pope Lucius III in 1184, which condemned heresy and prescribed a set of punishments against heretics. • Papal Bull Vergentis in senium by Pope Innocent III (1199) which made heresy a crime tantamount to treason. • Papal Bull Super speculam, issued by Pope Honorius III in 1219, banned the study of Civil Law and ordered Law Schools in Paris, France closed. • Papal Bull Impia judeorum perfidia, issued by Pope Innocent IV in 1244, which called for the burning of the Talmud (the Jewish Bible). • Papal Bull Ad extirpanda by Pope Innocent IV (1252) authorized the use of torture in the interrogation of heretics and gave orders to execute relapsed heretics by burning them alive. 27