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Peter Bruis

Peter Bruis preached in France against practices he judged contrary to the gospel. Martyrs’ Mirror describes his rejection of infant baptism and his teaching that baptism belongs to believers, alongside his objections to the mass, images, and pilgrimages.

The account says he preached for about twenty years and was burned at St. Giles in 1145. It then follows his disciple Henry of Toulouse and the persecution of those who continued their teaching. The joined narrative supplies the relationship between the two teachers.

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  1. Peter bruis, burnt at st. giles; henry of toulouse apprehended and put out of the way, by the pope’s legate; and many other persons put to death at paris, for the true evangelical doctrine; about the years 1145, 1147.

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Peter Bruis, Burnt At St. Giles; Henry Of Toulouse Apprehended And Put Out Of The Way, By The Pope’S Legate; And Many Other Persons Put To Death At Paris, For The True Evangelical Doctrine; About The Years 1145, 1147.

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Henry of Toulouse

Accounts and events mentioning this person

12th century (source section)Belief and practice

Summary Of Baptism In The Twelfth Century.

[The last year of the preceding century, namely, A. D. 1100, is introduced here by way of introduction to the following century; in which it is shown, that in and shortly after that time there existed the Waldenses and Albigeois, of whom we shall speak more fully about the…

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12th century (source section)Source account

How The Waldenses Were Called Anabaptists By The Romanists Themselves.

This is stated by Jacob Mehrning in different places, after he has declared, upon the testimony of ancient writers, that they were called by the peculiar names of those who were previously already termed Anabaptists. “From Berengarius,” says he, (Bapt. Hist., page 666), “they…

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12th century (source section)Source account

Summary Of The Martyrs In The Twelfth Century.

[In the beginning mention is made of this salutary, but bloody century, in which the pious witnesses of the Lord come in multitudes to receive the crown of martyrdom on the battle field of Christ.

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c. 1145–1147 (source heading)Source account

Peter Bruis, Burnt At St. Giles; Henry Of Toulouse Apprehended And Put Out Of The Way, By The Pope’S Legate; And Many Other Persons Put To Death At Paris, For The True Evangelical Doctrine; About The Years 1145, 1147.

P. J. Twisck gives the following account in his Chronijck, for the year 1145: “About this time there were famous in France, Peter Bruis, formerly a priest, and his disciple, Henry of Toulouse; both had been monks, were learned men, and greatly censured the papal errors, sparing…

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1161Source account

Gerard, With About Thirty Others, Men As Well As Women, For Maintaining The Apostolical Doctrine, At Oxford, In England, Are Branded In The Forehead, Scourged Out Of The City, And Miserably Perish With Cold, A. D. 1161.

It is recorded159 that A. D. 1161, in the eighth year of Henry II., King of England, about thirty persons, men as well as women, natives of Germany, sailed over to England. The papists called them erring spirits and publicans, saying that they had sprung from an unknown…

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12th century (source section)Source account

Further Observations Touching The Origin And Faith Of These Martyrs.

“For further explanation of this history,” writes Mellinus, “which has been written by a bitter papist, the reader must be reminded to imitate the bee—which extracts honey from the same flower out of which the toad draws poison—and, contemning the bitterness of the words of our…

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