Arnoldists were a
Proto-Protestant Christian movement
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Religi ...
in the 12th century, named after
Arnold of Brescia, an advocate of ecclesiastical reform who criticized the great wealth and possessions of the
Roman Catholic Church
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, while preaching against
infant baptism
Infant baptism, also known as christening or paedobaptism, is a Christian sacramental practice of Baptism, baptizing infants and young children. Such practice is done in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, va ...
and
transubstantiation
Transubstantiation (; Greek language, Greek: μετουσίωσις ''metousiosis'') is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of sacramental bread, bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and ...
.
[A Brief Sketch of the History of the Foreign Baptists
By G. H. ORCHARD 1842] His disciples were also called "Publicans" or "Poplecans", a name probably deriving from
Paulicians (the term "Publicani" would be generally used for any heretic, even a political traitor, through Europe).
The Arnoldists were condemned as heretics by
Pope Lucius III
Pope Lucius III ( – 25 November 1185), born Ubaldo Allucingoli, reigned as head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 September 1181 to his death in 1185. Born to an aristocratic family in Lucca, prior to being elected p ...
in ''
Ad abolendam'' during the
Synod of Verona in 1184.
Arnoldists' tenets would later be addressed by
Bonacursus of Milan, c. 1190, in his ''Manifestatio haeresis Catharorum'', which refuted Arnoldist
apostolic poverty
Apostolic poverty is a Christian doctrine professed in the thirteenth century by the newly formed religious orders, known as the mendicant orders, in direct response to calls for reform in the Roman Catholic Church. In this, these orders attempt ...
and the incapacity of sinful priests to administer the sacraments.
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Apostolic poverty
Apostolic poverty is a Christian doctrine professed in the thirteenth century by the newly formed religious orders, known as the mendicant orders, in direct response to calls for reform in the Roman Catholic Church. In this, these orders attempt ...
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Lollardy
Lollardy was a proto-Protestantism, proto-Protestant Christianity, Christian religious movement that was active in England from the mid-14th century until the 16th-century English Reformation. It was initially led by John Wycliffe, a Catholic C ...
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Temporal power of the Roman papacy
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Waldensians
The Waldensians, also known as Waldenses (), Vallenses, Valdesi, or Vaudois, are adherents of a church tradition that began as an ascetic movement within Western Christianity before the Reformation. Originally known as the Poor of Lyon in the l ...
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