Persecution of Christians by Christians

Persecution of Christians by Christians occurs when one Christian denomination persecutes another Christian denomination, either nonviolently via religious censorship and coercion or violently via religious wars, sieges, massacres, rebellions, crusades, or acts of terrorism.

Nonviolent persecution

Bulls, etc., from Rome Act 1571, by Anglicans against Catholics
Conventicle Act 1664 and Conventicles Act 1670, by Anglicans against non-Anglicans
Corporation Act 1661, by Anglicans against Presbyterians
Five Mile Act 1665, by Anglicans against non-Anglicans
Heresy Act 1382, by Anglicans against Anglicans deemed heretics
Italian Racial Laws, by Catholics against Evangelicals and Pentecostals
Jesuits, etc. Act 1584, by Anglicans against Catholics
Popery Act 1698, by Anglicans against Catholics
Popish Recusants Act 1592 and Popish Recusants Act 1605, by Anglicans against Catholics
Putting away of Books and Images Act 1549, by Anglicans against non-Anglicans
Revival of the Heresy Acts, by Catholics against Protestants
See of Rome Act 1536, by Anglicans against Catholics
Statute in Restraint of Appeals, by Anglicans against Catholics
Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 and Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539, by Anglicans against Catholics

Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše, by Catholics against Eastern Orthodox Christians
Inquisition, by Catholics against Catholics who were deemed to be heretics or witches
Massacre of Mérindol, by Catholics against Waldensians
Massacre of Vassy, by Catholics against Huguenots
Salem witch trials, by Puritans against Puritans who were deemed to be witches
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, by Catholics against Huguenots
Witch trials in the early modern period, by various Christians against various Christians who were deemed to be witches

Battle of Carbisdale, by Anglicans against Covenanters
Battle of Inverkeithing, by Anglicans against Covenanters
Battle of Rathmines, by Anglicans against Catholics
Eighty Years' War, by Catholics against Protestants
European wars of religion, by Catholics against Protestants and Protestants against Protestants during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries
First Battle of Newbury, by Protestants against Catholics
First War of Kappel and Second War of Kappel, by Protestants against Catholics
Irish Confederate Wars, by Catholics against Protestants
German Peasants' War, by Anabaptists against Catholics
Schmalkaldic War and Second Schmalkaldic War, by Catholics against Lutherans
Sonderbund War, by Protestants against Catholics
Thirty Years' War, by Protestants against Catholics
Toggenburg War, by Protestants against Catholics
War of the Eight Saints, by Catholics against Catholics who were associated with the Avignon Papacy
War of the Three Henrys, by Catholics against Protestants
Wars of the Three Kingdoms, by Protestants against Catholics

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