On the European mainland, the Catholic Inquisition ruthlessly hunted down “heretical ” sects, such as the French Waldenses, and singled them out for persecution because of their habit of preaching“ from the gospels and epistles and other sacred scriptures,... since preaching and exposition of holy scripture [was] completely forbidden to laymen. ”
मगर फ्रैंच वॉल्डेनसस जैसे पंथ “सुसमाचार की किताबों और बाइबल की बाकी किताबों से प्रचार करते रहे । ”