The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . BRESCIA. brought up with these people ; we have kindred among them, and we see them live righteously. Here the fulmina- tions of popes and councils went for nothing. In 1165 the good men or good Christians, as they called themselves, had a debate with the Catholics in presence of nobles and bishops, and cared not that the decision went against them. Two years later they held a council of their own near Toulouse, and elected five bishops for different parts of France; deput
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . BRESCIA. brought up with these people ; we have kindred among them, and we see them live righteously. Here the fulmina- tions of popes and councils went for nothing. In 1165 the good men or good Christians, as they called themselves, had a debate with the Catholics in presence of nobles and bishops, and cared not that the decision went against them. Two years later they held a council of their own near Toulouse, and elected five bishops for different parts of France; deputies from Italy attended, and the presiding officer was Nicetas of Constantinople, their chief dignitary,.. CRUSADERS CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS. 205 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 207 Protestantism now Held its head aloft and openly defied the Church. In 1179the kings of France and England sent a mission composed of sundry people of Toulouse laughed at them and called them hypocrites to theirfaces. One layman of high position was scourged through the streets, heavilyfined, and sent on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land ; under the force of thisexample many other timeservers recanted for the moment. Henry of Clairvauxthought that if the mission had been left till three years later, it would havefound no Catholics at all in the city. When the three years had passed thesame Henry, now cardinal of Albano and papal legate, headed a crusade whichbesieged Lavaur, caused two Catharan bishops and many others to-recant, andaccomplished little more. The chief effect of these feeble measures was to encourage the writer of the time says that Satan possessed in peace the greater partof so
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