Blasphemy Act 1695

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

The act reaffirmed the earlier Blasphemy Act 1661[1][2] (c. 216) 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[4] The act was repealed in 1813 under the Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813 (53 Geo.

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