# Summary Of The Doctrine Of Which They Were Accused.

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The doctrines with which they were charged, consisted
of the following points (from Abr. Mellinus,[161](/en/stories/mm-footnotes/part-12/#Footnote_161)
2d book, fol. 440): “That their belief concerning the
sacraments, of baptism and the Supper, as well as
respecting marriage, was different from what had
been decreed by the Roman church, whom they
called the whore of Babylon, because she had forsaken
the true faith in Christ; they said that she was
like the barren fig-tree which our Lord Jesus Christ
cursed. They also said that the Pope and the
bishops must not be obeyed when they command
anything that is contrary to the word of God; also,
that monachism was a stinking carrion, also, that
all monastic vows are vain and useless, yea, that they
foster lasciviousness; also, that all the orders and
degrees of the priestly dignity are marks of the great
beast; also, that purgatory, masses, church consecrations,
worship of the saints, anniversaries for the
dead, etc., are genuine inventions of the devil.”

“These,” says Mellinus, “were about the principal
articles which the fathers of the Oxford council
could not brook, and on account of which they
scourged and banished them out of their country,
yea, let them freeze to death.”

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