# Of The Persecution And Suffering Of The Christian Believers, By Those Of The Roman Church, A. D. 1400.

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That the intelligent and godfearing J. Tauler
called the prelates of the Roman church blind and
leaders of the blind, and taught his fellow-believers
much concerning the persecution and suffering of
the true Christians, we set forth in our account of
Holy Baptism, for the year 1400.

In the meantime some of the sheep of the flock
of Christ were devoured by the Roman wolf; their
names, however, are not known to us, except one,
and even respecting him we have not been able to
obtain sufficient information with regard to his whole
faith, save this much, that in his belief he was opposed
to antichrist, that is, the Pope of Rome; on
which account the cruel death by fire was inflicted
upon him, because he would not apostatize.

Concerning this, the following words, among
others, are found in the Chronijck van den Ondergang:
“William Santraus also opposed the (Roman)
antichrist at this time; he fell into the power
and custody of the archbishop of Canterbury, where
he, after a whole year’s confinement, ultimately,
though with great steadfastness, ended his life in
the flames.” Chron., page 750, col. 1.

Note.—A. D. 1400, Franciscus Petrarcha wrote
mightily against the Pope, saying, 1. That the Pope
was antichrist; 2. That his court was Babylon and
the whore that sitteth upon many waters (of which
we read in John’s Revelation), yea, the mother of
all idolatry and whoredom; 3. That Rome was a
school of errors, a temple of heresy, and a nest of
treachery. But speaking thus the truth, the writers
say, he could find no shelter, but was persecuted
and driven away by the Pope. P. J. Twisck,
Chron., page 750, col. 1, compared with the twentieth
letter of F. Petrarcha, and the poem composed
on it; also, Phil. Marn. Tract, fol. 213.



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