CHAPTER IV--THE STAKE.

Burning for heresy in the Public Law of Europe 183

Responsibility of the Church 184

Conversion before or after Sentence--Strangling before Burning 190

Conditions entailing relaxation--Pertinacity 195

Denial--the _Negativo_ 198

Partial confession--the _Diminuto_ 199

The Dogmatizer or Heresiarch 200

Relapse 202

Disappearance of relaxation 208