# Of The First Decree Of Emperor Frederic Ii., Against The Defenseless Albigenses And Waldenses, About A. D., 1230.

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Mellinus relates, from Abraham Bzovius, who
completed the Annals of Baronius, that Emperor
Frederic II., at the request of Pope Gregory IX.,
issued his decrees against the Albigenses; however,
under different names given them by the Emperor,
saying: ”(Petr. de Veneis lib. 1, epist. 27.) Here
commence the chapters or articles of the constitution
of the Emperor against the Patarini (Waldenses).
He then adds some other names which do
not properly belong here.

“Men, as well as women, whatever name they
may bear, we sentence to perpetual infamy, that
neither oath nor faith shall be kept towards them;
but we banish them, and order that their goods be
confiscated, never more to be returned to them.

“We likewise ordain by this decree that all
officers, burgomasters, and rulers, in whatever
office they may be, shall, for the defense of the faith,
publicly swear an oath that they will, in good faith,
and to the best of their ability, endeavor to expel
from the districts under their jurisdiction, all
heretics indicated to them by the church.

“But if any temporal lord, having been requested
and admonished thereto by the church, shall be
found negligent in purging his land from heretical
wickedness, let him be warned that, one year after
the admonition, we shall give his land for a prey to
all Catholics, who, after they shall have driven out
the heretics, shall possess the same without molestation,
and preserve it in the purity of the (Catholic)
faith.

“We also banish those who believe (the Waldenses
and Albigenses), or receive them into their
cities or houses, protect or favor them, ordaining:
That if any one having been noted as being in communion
with these believers, does not satisfy the
church within a year, he shall be considered infamous
from that time on.

“We add here that one heretic may convict another,
and that the houses of . . ., or of their harborers,
protectors, and favorers, or where they have
taught or imposed hands upon other, shall be demolished,
never to be rebuilt. Given.”



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