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You shall exercise the rigor of ecclesiastical power
against them and all those who have made themselves suspected
by associating with them. They may not appeal from your
judgments, and, if necessary, you may cause the princes and
people to suppress them with the sword."--_Quoted from Migne,
214, col. 71, in Thatcher and McNeal's "Source Book for
Medieval History," p. 210._
As the truth spread, so also the papal church redoubled its efforts by
sword and flame. The historian Lecky says:
"That the Church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any
other institution that has ever existed among mankind, will be
questioned by no Protestant who has a competent knowledge of
history. The memorials, indeed, of many of her persecutions are
now so scanty that it is impossible to form a complete
conception of the multitude of her victims, and it is quite
certain that no powers of imagination can adequately realize
their sufferings."--_"History of the Rise and Influence of the
Spirit of Rationalism in Europe," Vol. II, p.


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