Many God Fearing People Put to Death, in the Year 1182

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Many God Fearing People Put to Death, in the Year 1182

MANY GOD FEARING PEOPLE PUT TO DEATH, IN FLANDERS, ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR VIEWS AGAINST THE ROMAN CHURCH, BY THE COUNT OF ALSACE, IN THE YEAR 1182

Magister** John Andriess, P. J. Twisck, H. Montanus, and various other authentic writers unanimously state that in the year 1182 many Christians were put to death by Count Philip of Alsace. They were called heretics because they despised infant baptism, the sacrament of the altar, and the sacrifice of the mass, and so on. See J. Andr., in his History of the Antiquity of the Faith, letter E. P. J. Twisck, Chron., page 489. H. Montanus, Nietigh., page 86. Also, Hist. Mart. der Doopsg., A. 8. Also, Martyrs Mirror, printed in the year 1631, Introduction, page 52.