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Clink Street, LondonClose to Southwark Cathedral, Clink Street was the site of the Clink Prison where, in the 16th century, heretics were held; the bridges are used for transportation of goods
BURNING HERETICS BOOKSWhen church reformers Martin Bucer and Phagius are put to death, their heretical books are burnt along with their bodies. Date: 1551
ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE Regarded by Catholics as the stronghold of Satan, the town of Lavaur is sacked by crusaders and its population massacred as heretics Date: 3 May 1211
Francois De CosterFRANCOIS )or Franz) de COSTER (known as Costerus) Belgian Jesuit churchman, theologian with a reputation as the Hammer of Heretics. Date: 1531 - 1619
Francois LeschassierFRANCOIS LESCHASSIER French churchman, superior of the seminary of Saint-Sulpice, defender of orthodoxy against those dreadful Jansenist heretics. Date: ? - 1725
Cursing the heretics. Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, wearing the popes tiara and holding a sceptor labeled 16 to 1, jumping up and down, and stamping his feet in anger
Waldenses to PiedmontSometimes tolerated, sometimes persecuted, the Waldenses - deemed heretics by Rome - take refuge in Piedmont
POPE LEO I The Great pope and saint opposed heretics, menaced by Attila the Hun
Concepts / ReligiousTHE FORTRESS OF FAITH The Church, surrounded by heretics and unbelievers, defended by bishops, monks and of course the Pope