Petrobrusians
The Petrobrusians (or Brusianer) were a heretical sect in France of the 12th century .
Peter de Bruys (Bruis, Brusius) came from Provence and rejected the external, visible church, since in his opinion the true invisible church can only be sought in the hearts of the faithful. His followers zealous fanaticism against the baptism of children, the Holy Mass , celibacy and the external cult, which only prevents true worship.
Around 1124 Peter de Bruys was burned by the mob. The followers roamed Provence and Gascony , destroying churches, burning crucifixes and relics , abusing priests and forcing them into marriage. After Peter's death, they joined Heinrich von Lausanne , until around 1150 Bernhard von Clairvaux and a papal legate succeeded in exterminating them with the exception of a few remains.
The only news about the group comes from Petrus Venerabilis , who in his Tractatus contra Petrobrusianos described and condemned five of their teachings as "errors"; and from a remark in Abelard .
literature
- Nicholas Weber: Petrobrusians . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 11, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1911.
- Johann Michael Mehlig: Entry Brusians, Petro-Brusians. In: Historical Church and Heretic Lexicon: brought together from the best writers. Volume 1. Stößel, Chemnitz 1758, p. 249.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter von Cluny. Tractatus Contra Petrobrussianos (= Patrologia Latina 189). Edited by Jacques Paul Migne . Pp. 720-850.
- ↑ Petrus Abelardus: Introductio ad theologiam II, 4. In: Patrologia Latina , ed. by Jacques Paul Migne, vol. 178, col. 979–1114, here col. 1056.