Although ostensibly based on the Scriptures, these actions against witchcraft, a form of demonism, were definitely fanatical. Christians have not been charged with the obligation to torture or execute witches or any other practicers of spiritism.
जादूगरी के खिलाफ उठाये गये ये कदम प्रत्यक्षतः शास्त्र पर आधारित थे परंतु ऐसा व्यवहार निश्‍चित ही धर्मांधता था ।