Note 118 — Chapter II · GUGLIELMA AND DOLCINO.
Reading edition
Salimbene, pp. 113, 117, 121.—Lib. Sententt. Inq. Tolos. pp. 360-1.—Muratori S. R. I. IX. 455-7.—Bern. Guidon. Practica P. v.—Eymeric. P. II. Q. 11.
The test of continence was regarded with horror by the inquisitors, and yet when practised by St. Aldhelm it was considered as proof of supereminent sanctity (Girald. Cambrens. Gemm. Eccles. Dist. II. c. XV.). The coincidence, in fact, is remarkable between the perilous follies of the Apostles and those of the Christian zealots of the third century, as described and condemned by Cyprian (Epist. IV. ad Pompon.).