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1600 R. Churche tr. M. Fumée Hist. Troubles Hungarie viii. 314 In the end the solemne day being come, wherein they pronounce and execute their iudgements, naming this the Act of the faith [Fr. l'Acte de la Foy], the night before they cause them who are repentant to be confessed.

1656 Manasseh ben Israel Vindiciæ Judæorum i. 11 The act of the faith (which is ordinarily done at Toledo) was done at Madrid, Anno 1632.

1709 London Gaz. No. 4565/1 On the thirtieth of the last Month an Act of Faith was held in this City [sc. Lisbon] by the Inquisition.

1787 A. W. Costigan Sketches Society & Manners Portugal II. xxxiv. 207 Every body, however, assured me, that my father would certainly come out with honour in the first Act of the Faith (Auto da Fè) that should be made.

1803 J. Walker Defence of Order i. 41 Dare ye, Iberian Acts of Faith to blame, While, on the Loire, ye celebrate the same; And..to Orleans lead Devoted innocents?

1841 R. Blakeney Jrnl. Oriental Voy. xiii. 138 When any of the prisoners died, they were buried without ceremony in the prison, and if judged deserving of death, were afterwards dug up and burned at the act of faith.

1908 N. E. Adler Auto de Fé & Jew i. 11 This resultant was..[the Inquisition's] sentence, its action, its act of faith.

1954 P. Horgan Great River I. ii. xxvi. 253 He was ordered to perform an act of faith by walking, bareheaded and barefoot, in a penitent's robe.

2010 M. C. Thomsett Inquisition Introd. 6 Most infamous among these methods was the auto-da-fé, or ‘act of faith’. This was a ritual including prayer and mass, followed by the reading of findings.