Twenty Four Persons Burnt Alive for the Belief of the Waldenses, in the Year 1210

Christian Massaeus, after taking note of the case of a great company of martyrs who were found in the castle Minerve and were all burnt alive as heretics, adds this account: "At that time, namely, in the year 1210, also at Paris, twenty four who were of the same obstinacy (this is what he, after the manner of the papists, calls the steadfastness of these people), were burnt alive." Christ. Mass. Chron., book 17, in the year 1210, compared with the large Christen Martelaersboeck, edition 1619, folio 455, column 4.

The writer, after the manner of the papists, calls these people heretics, and their steadfast faith obstinacy; but how can anything good come from the mouth of the wicked? However, this must not offend us, since not only these, but even the ancient holy prophets, apostles, and servants of God were branded with many abusive names, indeed, with titles of the devil, by evil worldly men.