The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . a famous French the-ologian and one of the ablest men of his time, taught dubious opinions aboutthe Trinity; but when St. Bernard procured his condemnation in 1140, there wasno thought of putting him to death ; to destroy his reputation and take away hisliberty was enough. Dean Milman says that many of the well-fed bishops andabbots who condemned Abelard, having dined or been hunting just before, tooklittle interest in the proceedings. While the fiery Bernard arrayed his p
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . a famous French the-ologian and one of the ablest men of his time, taught dubious opinions aboutthe Trinity; but when St. Bernard procured his condemnation in 1140, there wasno thought of putting him to death ; to destroy his reputation and take away hisliberty was enough. Dean Milman says that many of the well-fed bishops andabbots who condemned Abelard, having dined or been hunting just before, tooklittle interest in the proceedings. While the fiery Bernard arrayed his proofs andpoured forth his indignant eloquence, they slumbered in their seats; and beingroused to pronounce on each successive count in the indictment, they would lifttheir heads, half open their eyes, murmur Damnamiis (we condemn himi,^namus and go to sleep again. Abelard was a heretic, and heresy was not to beallowed: that was enough ; they did not care for the particulars. But these mild measures were soon to be exchanged for sterner of Brescia, a pupil of Abelard, boldly rebuked the wealth and vices of. BURNING OF A HERETIC. 197 198 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY.
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