The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . ria, and inthe whole region between the Black sea and the Adriatic. Whenthe first crusaders were on their way to the Holy Land in 1097,they heard of a city called Pelagonia, belonging to these people;so, by way of practicing their swords for the slaughter of Mo-hammedans, they destroyed and massacred all its a calamity like this had little effect on their had founded Tran, on the gulf-of Venice, which becametheir headquarters : and by the end
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . ria, and inthe whole region between the Black sea and the Adriatic. Whenthe first crusaders were on their way to the Holy Land in 1097,they heard of a city called Pelagonia, belonging to these people;so, by way of practicing their swords for the slaughter of Mo-hammedans, they destroyed and massacred all its a calamity like this had little effect on their had founded Tran, on the gulf-of Venice, which becametheir headquarters : and by the end of the tenth century theywere established in the south of France, where they grew andthrove mightily. Their views were almost as peculiar as at the in a warfare of the spirit against the flesh, theyrejected marriage (except under narrow restrictions), animalfood, and the gratification of the senses in any form. That is, the stricter amongthem did ; for it is hardly to be supposed that most members of the sect took these precepts literally. Yet, strange to say, their lives were pure and innocent. (200). THE FIRST CRUSADERS, ON THEIR WAY TO THE HOLY LAND, DESTROYING THE PAUUCIAN CITYOF PELAGONIA. 201 202 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. Vulgar superstition credited them, as it had the primitive Christians, with devil-worship, the murder of children, and horrible secret orgies ; but their persecutorstestified with shame that their moral standards were much above those generallyobserved in the Church of Rome. Yet they were not without the wisdom of this world. Though their priestswere in theory merely teachers, they had a strict organization, and a hierarchylike that of the Church. Most of them were poor and plain people, especiallyweavers ; but they had learned theologians, and an extensive literature, verylittle of which survives. Their zealous missionaries used much of the serpentscunning, pretending to be Catholics and promising indulgences to those who wouldread
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