Arnoldists

Remains of Arnold of Brescia burned at the stake at the hands of the Papal guards

Arnoldists were a Christian sect in the 12th century, named after Arnold of Brescia, an advocate of ecclesiastical reform who criticized the great wealth and possessions of the Roman Catholic Church, while preaching against infant baptism and transubstantiation.

The Arnoldists were condemned as heretics by Pope Lucius III in Ad abolendam during the Synod of Verona in 1184.

Arnoldists' tenets would later be addressed by Bonacursus of Milan, c. 1190, in his Manifestatio haeresis Catharorum, which refuted Arnoldist apostolic poverty and the incapacity of sinful priests to administer the sacraments.

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References

  1. ↑ Russell 1992, p. 47.
  2. ↑ Russell 1992, p. 35.
  3. ↑ Lambert 1977, p. 72.
  4. ↑ Lambert 1977, p. 59.

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