Martyrs Mirror 398ECBERT'S ACCOUNT OF THE VIEWS OF THESE PEO; PLE, AS OPPOSED TO THE ROMAN CHURCH

Concerning them, Ecbert, a monk of Schonaugh, who himself disputed with them, writes thus: "Behold, certain perverted, and perverting men (thus he calls good Christians), who had concealed themselves for a long time in hiding places, and had corrupted the Christian faith in many plain and simple people, are at this time so greatly multiplied throughout all the lands, that the Christian church suffers great injury from the very pernicious poison (so he calls the truth of the Gospel) which they everywhere vent against her." Serm. 8, contra Catharos, T. 2. Auctor. Bybl. S. S. Patrum, edition Paris, A. D. 1610, p. 831.