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Same year as above.—“Remigius,” he writes in
the same place, “also taught much against the Pope,
saying, among other things: “That we must address
our prayers not to idols, but to the living God; and
that the church must conform to the holy Scriptures.”
Chron., 9th book, page 310, col. 1, from
John Munst., fol. 61, 131, 133. Perk., fol. 249.

In the mean time, the pious were exceedingly
oppressed in this century, by the power of the Pope
and the Roman clergy; so that, on account of the
smoke of the papistic errors, the fire of the pure
doctrine could not burn freely, which was also the
reason that not more learned and godfearing men
manifested themselves at that time, in defense of the
truth of God.

A. D. 900.—That at this time, some dared
oppose not only infant baptism and other tenets of
the Roman church, but even the Pope of Rome,
who might well be called the father of all superstitions,
the example of Tergandus sufficiently indicates,
who, at this time, dared designate him by the
name of antichrist, wolf, etc.; concerning which,
Samuel Veltius (from other authors) has noted the
following for the year 900: “Tergandus, Bishop of
Treves, called the Pope of Rome antichrist, yea, a
wolf, and Rome, Babylon.” Geslacht-register,
page 128.

Note.—We will close with the account of P. J.
Twisck, in his conclusion to the ninth century: “In
this century, the occidental or western, Roman
Empire, which has been at a stand-still now for 324
years, begins afresh. The clergy, through the folly
of the Emperors, obtain power to elect popes and
bishops. The Emperors are crowned by the popes,
who will themselves to be the masters and lords and
rule before and over others, as is evident from this,
that some times two, three, and four popes reign at
once and seek to domineer over the others, expelling,
driving away, exhuming, cursing, each other.
Spiritual matters are still greatly on the decline, men
seeking their salvation far more in so-called good
works, in ceremonies and superstitions, than through
justification by faith in Christ Jesus. Disputations
about transubstantiation are inaugurated, though
the Supper is still administered under both forms,
that is, with bread and wine. The people, having
been to the supper, offer money or something else.”

What he further relates of exorcism at baptism;
of the mass; of the power to canonize saints; of the
worship of saints and images; of the ban of the
bishops; of the punishment of heretics; of the consecration
of temples; of purgatory; of soul-masses,
to redeem souls from purgatory, etc., would require
too much time to recount. See concerning it,
Chron., page 320.

This has been told simply to show how and
whereby the orthodox Christians were oppressed at
this time in their worship of God; and why so few
learned and pious people manifested themselves.
We will now proceed to show what pious witnesses
of Jesus Christ suffered as martyrs at this time.

Note.—A. D. 884. John Patrick, a man well
versed in the Chaldean, Arabian, and Greek languages,
in the monastery of Mabelsbury, greatly
opposed the doctrine of an offering for the living and
the dead; on account of which he was stabbed to
death with awls. See Geslacht-register, page 127.



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