Note 52 — Chapter IV · THE SYSTEM
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Inquis. of Carcassonne "De Manichaeis moderni temporis" (p. 58).
[53] Inquis. of Languedoc, beginning of fourteenth century (Cod. Vat. 4070).
[54] "Quidem mali erant, sed comparatione aliorum haereticorum longe minus perversi."
[55] M. Chabaneau ("Revue des langues romanes," XXXIII, 462) remarks that several of the passages quoted in the ritual from the N.T. as well as the ritual itself present features characteristic of the dialect in Vaudois books, a fact which, he points out, should not be overlooked in considering the problem, "qu'on croit peut-être à tort pleinement résolu," of the origin of the ritual of Lyons.
[56] vide infra, p. 84.
[57] vide infra, pp. 73, 83.
[58] A title based on St. Matt. xix. 21. Outside Scripture the title meets us as early as the Council of Ancyra (A.D. 314), which is noteworthy in view of the association of Catharism with Galatia, of which Ancyra was the capital; several of its Canons also deal with matters closely resembling the doctrines and practices of the Catharists.
[59] Si quis de perfectis peccaret mortaliter comedendo, videlicet modicissimum carnium, etc., omnes consolati ab illo amittebant Spiritum Sanctum, et oportebat eum iterum reconsolari (Peter de Vaux-Sarnai, Ermengard, etc.). But, on the other hand, as eating flesh was distasteful to them, they might eat it on Fast Days to afflict the soul, thus reversing Catholic usage (Inquis. of Carcassonne).
[60] De Paup. de Lugdano (Cod. Vatic. lat. 2648, no date or author).
[61] Reinéri Saccho, a Catharist, not a Waldensian, gives four Orders. (1) Episcopus; (2) Filius Major; (3) Filius Minor; (4) Diaconus (Gretzer, Vol. XII).
[62] Others deny this on the ground that it was the custom of the Roman Church. If used at all, its use was probably understood as referring to their own pure (Catharist) Church. The Waldenses did not use either the Ave Maria or the Creed.
[63] Inquis. of Languedoc, fourteenth century. But Reinéri Saccho, the ex-Catharist, says that the Deacons could hear confessions of venial sins once a month.
[64] At these Conferences no Credent, young Perfect or woman attended.
[65] Their opinions were ascertained individually, beginning with the eldest.
[66] v. infra, p. 86.
[67] v. infra, p. 81.