Note 489 — Chapter IX · WITCHCRAFT.
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De Cath. Institt., Tit. XXXVII, n. 6-12.
On the other hand Azpilcueta adheres to the theory of illusion and asserts it to be a mortal sin to believe that witches are transported to the Sabbat.—Manuale Confessariorum, cap. XI, n. 38.
Cardinal Toletus asserts the bodily transport of witches and all the horrors of the Sabbat, but adds that sometimes it is imaginary. Demons have power to introduce witches into houses through closed doors, where they slay infants.—Summæ Casuum Conscientiæ, Lib. IV, cap. XV.