Certain Persons, Called Berengarians, in the Year 1106

We related, under the year 1035, of Berengarius, deacon of Angiers, that he, with Bruno, the bishop of that city, began to teach against transubstantiation and infant baptism, and this most strenuously about the year 1060; which the Roman popes at various times tried to stop by councils and otherwise, as was shown in its place. And though Berengarius at times, from fear of death, showed himself wavering and very weak in holding to this matter, he still accomplished so much that many who were friendly to his doctrine agreed with him in it; so that some of them, who came into the bishopric of Treves and held their (above-mentioned) views, were, like the four persons mentioned before, banished or expelled by the archbishop of that place, in the year 1106. Scattered from there, they went into the Netherlands, into the country of Liege, and to Antwerp and thereabouts, sowing, wherever they came, the good seed of their true belief. In the meantime, though these had been expelled from the bishopric of Treves, some nevertheless remained, who held their meetings in secret, and taught. In the 2nd book of the History of the Persecutions, page 395, column 3, from Thuan. Prefat., in Hist. sui temp. ad Reg. [n397-1] Honr. 4, where for the year 1060, read the year 1106. [n397-2]

NOTE. The authors say of the people just mentioned only that they were expelled, and so on; but since no formal expulsion can take place without a previous condemnation, we are quite inclined to think that they were first banished, and then expelled.