Several Persons who Maintained the Doctrine of Berengarius, in the Year 1135

We read in the ancient chronicles that in the year 1135 several persons were burned alive by the Emperor Lotharius, at Treves and Utrecht; concerning which the Chron. Sax. in particular expressly mentions that they were burned as heretics. However, in what their alleged heresy consisted is not clearly expressed. This, however, is certain, that they separated from the Roman church and opposed her errors.

Abraham Mellinus concludes, from the circumstances mentioned with regard to them, that they were Berengarians, or followers of Berengarius. "For," he says, "the reader must know that after Berengarius' death very many were condemned as heretics simply because they had the same belief as Berengarius respecting the Lord's Supper, and opposed the bread god of the mass." Second book, folio 395, column 3, from Chron. Sax.