[3] IX. of the Theodosian Code.
[4] Epist. clxvi.
[5] “History of Rationalism in Europe,” vol. ii. p. 8.
[6] The decretal of Siricius, five years after the execution of Priscillian, strictly enjoined celibacy on all in holy orders above the rank of a sub-deacon, and dissolved all marriages of the clergy existing at the time. Leo the Great, in the middle of the fifth century, further extended the rule so as to include the sub-deacons hitherto excepted. This was largely the cause of the split that occurred between the Greek and Latin Churches.
[7] See E. C. H. Babut, “Priscillian et le Priscilliantisme.”
[8] “History of the Inquisition,” vol. i. p. 14.
[9] And yet Dr. Rule’s statement is perilously akin to a truth untruly told, for the persecuting spirit, which is the impugnable quality of the Holy Office, has been present in other churches than that of Rome—vide the Elizabethan persecution of all who were not members of the Anglican Church.
[10] See C. Douais, “Les Hérétiques du Midi au XIIIe Siècle.”
[11] Eymericus, “Directorium Inquisitorum,” p. 58.
[12] Concilium Avenionense, A.D. 1209.