PAGE. Innocent III. 13 The goods of heretics to be confiscated, &c. Innocent III. 14 Decree of fourth Council of Lateran for the extermination of heretics . 14 Innocent III. Gregory IX. 16 General excommunication of all heretics Gregory IX. 16 MAGNUM BULLARIUM ROMANUM. Confirmation of the Emperor Frederick II.'s laws for the extirpation of heretics, by Pope Honorius III.'s bull An. 1243. Bull of Pope Innocent IV. to the same effect • An. 1243. Bull of Pope Innocent IV. for a crusade against heretics An. 1254. Bull of Pope Alexander IV. appointing inquisi tors An. 1262. Bull of Pope Urban IV. instructing the inquisitors to exterminate the "vulpeculæ," or heretics An. 1265. Bull of Pope Clement IV. confirming the constitutions of Pope Innocent IV. against heretics An. 1278. Bull of Pope Nicolas III. excommunicating heretics, and handing them over to the secular arm An. 1317. Bull of Pope John XXII. for the extermination of the enemies of the orthodox faith 23 24 An. 1391. Bull of Pope Boniface IX. confirming the exter- An. 1418. Bull of Pope Martin V. condemning the errors and heretics 24 27 An. 1511. Bull of Pope Julius II. anathematizing heretics . 28 An. 1520. Bull of Pope Leo X. condemning, among other errors of Martin Luther, his assertion that the burning of heretics was contrary to the will of the Holy Spirit 29 An. 1528. Bull of Pope Clement VII. for the punishment of heretics An. 1536. Pope Paul III.'s Bull in Coena Domini An. 1559. Bull of Pope Paul IV. calling into exercise all THE SACRED COUNCILS BY LABBEUS AND COSSARTIUS. heretics An. 1228. Edict of St. Louis, King of France, for the extermination of heretics An. 1229. Council of Toulouse, for the punishment of heretics PAGE. 34 35 An. 1246. Concilium Biterrense for the extermination of heretics 36 An. 1408. Council of Oxford decrees that heretics are to be burned alive 36 An. 1418. The Council of Constance decrees that heretics are to be burned alive 38 An. 1415. Sentence of the Council of Constance against 39 An. 1415. Decree of Council of Constance that safe conducts are not to be observed with heretics 41 An. 1416. Sentence of Council of Constance against Jerome of Prague 41 42 1 An. 1418. Bull issued by Pope Martin V. in Council of ➡ An. 1527. The Council of Sienna, or Paris, which exhorted An. 1713. Extract from the bull Unigenitus The Prayer in the Roman Breviary to S. Thomas Aquinas to death Dominus Dens' definition of heresy and heretics D. Dens-baptized heretics are subject to the Church D. Dens decides that the rites of heretics are not to be tolerated D. Dens shews that heretics ought to be compelled to adopt the true faith D. Dens affirms that heretics are justly punished by death. 55 Dr. Delahogue asserts that the Church retains her jurisdiction over heretics ✰ Bzovius' account of the persecutions of the Albigenses in the 13th century His account of the origin of the Inquisition in the form which it assumed under St. Dominick The sum total of the penalties inflicted by the Spanish inquisition + Sismondi's account of the persecutions in France in the time of Francis I. • Destruction of a colony of the Vaudois in the South of France in the time of Francis I. Thuanus records the decree enacted for the destruction of the Vaudois 60 61 b 2 PAGE. Mezerai's account of their persecution Pope Pius Vth's letter to Charles IXth, King of France, 64 65 66 Mezerai's account of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew . THIRD CENTURY. Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History; corruptions of the 3rd Origen's account of the pride of the clergy Origen's regret that the churches should be given to . 70 73 74 75 76 Cyprian's lamentation over the decay of piety in the Church 76 FOURTH CENTURY. Mosheim's account of the superstitions of this age St. Gregory Theologus' account of the worldly-mindedness 77 St. Gregory Theologus relates that the clergy were armed St. Gregory's account of the unfitness of many of the clergy Chrysostom complains that virtue is so rare Chrysostom complains of the violation of the precepts of Chrysostom gives a most awful description of the abominable Chrysostom complains of the number of wolves in sheep's St. Salvian, a priest at Marseilles, complains that the Chris- St. Salvian laments the almost universal corruption in St. Salvian says that the Romans in Aquitaine were worse than the barbarians St. Basil describes the Church as being in a state of unspeakable disorder and confusion through the Arian heresy He laments the absence of love among the brethren He says that not a trace of their former peace remains among PAGE. 93 Basil says that hardly any part of the world has escaped the conflagration of heresy. Jerome laments the depravity of his age heretics Vincentius Lirinensis states that the Arian heresy had contaminated almost the whole world. An ancient writer of the 4th Century states that one time the Sulpicius Severus laments the general corruption St. Gregory Nazianzen (or, Theologus) derides the pride of 101 102 103 103 He complains that he has to contend with heretical and 104 He complains that all sorts of ungodly people are admitted into the clerical office. 105 wicked pastors 106 108 110 111 He eulogises and describes the awful fanaticism of the monks FIFTH CENTURY. Baronius depicts the turbulent state of the Roman Church in the Fanaticism of the fifth Century-Abbe Fleuri PAGE. THE SIXTH CENTURY. Baronius' account of the schisms and corruptions of the Western Church, an. 540 Ibidem-a great schism, an. 548 Baronius relates how a great ecclesiastical war prevailed, ăn. 556 His account of the great schism which divided the Western Church Gregory the Great's account of the great corruption which prevailed among the prelates and clergy towards the close of the sixth Century THE SEVENTH CENTURY. 117 118 119 119 119, 120 Mezerai's account of the superstitions which prevailed in France, and of the ordination of bad prelates, an. 613 122 Baronius' account of the corrupt state of the Greek Church, an. 642 From Labbeus' Councils, simony and immorality in the prelates and clergy of the Spanish Church Ibidem, irregularities and immoralities among the Portuguese clergy 123-4 124 Ibidem, gross clerical ignorance 127 Baronius relates that in almost all the states and cities of Boniface III. obtained from Phocas the supremacy for the Boniface IV. dedicated the Pantheon, an. 607, to the Virgin Mary and all the martyrs A scene of great tumult at Rome at the election of Sergius, an. 687 Pope Honorius is condemned as an heretic by the sixth 127 128 128 128 Dupin 129 THE EIGHTH CENTURY. The corrupt state of the Spanish Church Baronius 132 The very irregular conduct of many of the French bishops St. Boniface complains of immoral priests Mezerai 133 Baronius 134 St. Boniface complains of the sad state of the French |