gross over-credulity having been ex
nose-r; but tbh honorable lives of Fox
and his assistants place the wort
above the charge of wilful falsehood."
Mr. Arceneaux fli's to the rescue of
the Albigenses, who were in his esti
mation a blameless people, persecuted
solely for religion's sake. We cite
against his opinion that of Nugent
Robinson, History of the World, vol.
I, p. 302: "In 1200, the Albigenses
came into history. They'were a set of
fanatics, who seem to have held tery
wild and mischievous doctrines. Theit
'perfect ones' tortured their bodies
like Hindu fakirs, but tihe general
mass of the people were utterly liceu
rinHR..
We could cite other author;ties t
the same effect, did space permit, or
were the suhj-ct important enlugh to
demand it. the history of the church
extends over going on two thousand
}ears. She is entitled to be jurgee
principally by the g« neral outcome,
and not by particular incidents, con
corning which there are radical difler
ences of opinion. Of all the continents,
Europe only, which was and is Chris
tian, has risen from barbarism; Asia,
Africa, and also America, le ore C
lumbus, have remained savage, or a
best semi-barbarous.
Mr. Arceneaux gives us the following
hit of hisýorical information: "In Ire
land, during the reign of Edward III.,
hundreds of Loilar us, followers of Lit
celebrated reformer, John de Wyck
life, were burned at the stake." If Mr.
Aiceneaux will now examine into this
matter, he will fiud that the Lollards,
followers of Wyckliffe, were in Eng
and, not Irelanc; that Edward 111.
used in 1377, leaving Wyckiifie ti,
survice him by several y ears, ant.
