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	Priscillian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The principal and almost contemporary source for the career of Priscillian is the Gallic chronicler Sulpicius Severus, who characterized him (Chronica II.46) as noble and rich, a layman who had devoted his life to study, vain of his classical pagan education, already being looked on with misgivings (see Gregory of Tours).
		After a Priscillianist delegation to Hydatius was turned away, they appointed Priscillian bishop of Avila, and the orthodox party found it necessary to appeal to the emperor (Gratian), who issued an edict threatening the sectarian leaders with banishment.
		On the murder of Emperor Gratian in Paris and the accession, at Treves at least, of the usurper Magnus Maximus (383) Ithacius fled to Treves, and in consequence of his representations a new synod was held (384) at Bordeaux, where Instantius was deposed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Priscillian (1087 words)

	Chapter 3: Priscillianism and Pagan Survivals in Spain
		Whether or not Priscillian had determined before the condemnation of Instantius to have his case tried before the civil courts, the fact is that he appealed to the bishops and obtained their permission to be tried by a civil magistrate.
		Priscillian was not condemned to death for heresy, but for the civil crime of magic, and his condemnation cannot be regarded as the prototype of the mediaeval inquisition.
		Priscillianism also inculcated the practice of astrology, which had disastrous effects in the moral order, for if the stars exercised a decisive influence upon man's life and conduct, the individual was no longer responsible for the sins which he had committed.
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		Meanwhile, however, Priscillian was made bishop of Ávila, and the orthodox party found it necessary to appeal to the emperor (Gratian), who issued an edict threatening the sectarian leaders with banishment.
		Priscillian appealed to the emperor, with the unexpected result that with six of his companions he was beheaded at Treves in
		Priscillian perished for insisting that it was such; and seven centuries later the Church began to burn, the
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	Priscillianism, Priscillian
		The movement is named after its originator, Priscillian of Avila, although he probably did not share the views of his successors on the nature of the Trinity.
		Priscillian himself was a talented layman who began to organize independent Bible study groups in which self - denial and a deeper spiritual life were emphasized along with the need to know the power of the living Word.
		Priscillian's emphasis on celibacy, however, ran afoul of the church, which confused his teaching with Manichaeism and condemned his doctrines at the Council of Sargossa in 380.
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		It was long thought that all the writings of the "heretic" himself had perished, but in 1885, G. Schepss discovered at Würzburg; eleven genuine tracts, since published in the Vienna Corpus.
		Priscillian was long honored as a martyr, not heretic, especially in Galicia.
		Some claim that the remains found in the 8th century at current Santiago de Compostela that even today are a place of pilgrimage belong not to Saint James the Great but to Priscillian.
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	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		'''Priscillian''' of Avila (died 385) was a Spain Spanish theology theologian and the founder of a party which advocated strong ascetic asceticism.
		Meanwhile, however, Priscillian was made bishop of Avila Ávila, and the orthodox party found it necessary to appeal to the emperor (Gratianus Gratian), who issued an edict threatening the sectarian leaders with banishment.
		Priscillian was long honored as a martyr, not heretic, especially in Galicia (Spain) Galicia, where his body was reverentially returned from Triers.
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	Priscillian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Among the more prominent of Priscillian's friends were two bishops, Instantius and Salvianus,; Hyginus of Cordova also joined the party.
		Priscillian perished for insisting that it was such".
		Like all 4th century Christians, Priscillian placed considerable weight on works later considered apocrypha.
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	AllRefer.com - Priscillian (Roman Catholic And Orthodox Churches: General Biography) - Encyclopedia
		His appointment to the bishopric was protested by orthodox leaders, who had condemned his former activities as a lay preacher in S Spain, at the Synod of Zaragoza (380).
		Although Priscillian's ideas were repeatedly denounced, it is not clear that they were heretical.
		After his death Priscillian was venerated as martyr and saint, and his followers grew.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Priscillianism
		This heresy originated in Spain in the fourth century and was derived from the Gnostic-Manichaean doctrines taught by Marcus, an Egyptian from Memphis.
		The enforcement of the synod's decrees was committed to Ithacius, an impulsive and violent man. He failed to bring the heretics to terms, and, in defiance, Priscillian was ordained to the priesthood and appointed Bishop of Avila.
		The upheaval in the Spanish peninsula consequent on the invasion of the Vandals and the Suevi aided the spread of Priscillianism.
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	Heresy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Each phrase in the Nicene Creed, which was hammered out at the Council of Nicaea, addresses some aspect that had been under passionate discussion and closes the books on the argument, with the weight of the ecclesiastical establishment.
		The Hispanic ascetic Priscillian of Avila was the first person to be executed for heresy, only sixty years after the Council of Nicaea, in 385.
		Priscillian achieved the distinction of becoming the first Christian burned alive for heresy in 385 at Treves.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/h/he/heresy.html (3040 words)

	Priscillian articles and news from Start Learning Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Priscillian of Avila (died 385) was a SpainSpanish theologytheologian and the founder of a party which advocated strong asceticasceticism.
		After a Priscillianist delegation to Hydatius was turned away, they appointed Priscillian bishop of Avila, and the orthodox party found it necessary to appeal to the emperor (GratianusGratian), who issued an edict threatening the sectarian leaders with banishment.
		To this charge was added the accusation of magic (paranormal)magic and licentious orgies (a particularly preposterous charge, given the nature of Priscillian's doctrines) that the Christian churches have levelled against critics in every age.
	www.startlearningnow.com /Priscillianism.htm (1174 words)

	Alibris: Avila
		In this finely wrought portrait of Teresa of Avila, a 14th century reformer of Carmelite convents in Europe, the author brings to life a woman, a devoted daughter of the church, who bent the rules and barely survived the Spanish Inquisition to achieve her goals.
		Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity
		Originally persecuted by the church of "diabolical illusions" and "dangerous propaganda," Teresa of Avila was ultimately canonized by that same church.
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	snarkout: such an ancient pitch
		He was a heretic; his beliefs were largely Manichaean, he asserted the accuracy and doctrinal relevance of apocryphal scriptures, and his claim that lying in service of a greater good was no sin roused Augustine to issue a rebuttal.
		The crime that earned Priscillian of Avila the sword in the year 385 was sorcery.
		In 1324, for instance, Alice Kyteler, the Witch of Kilkenny, escaped a death sentence with the aid of her family, but her maid, Petronella of Meath, became the accused witch burned at the stake in Ireland.
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		At the close of the forth century, and during the fifth, Manichaeism, Donatism, and Priscillianism were the heresies most in view.
		On the other hand, in his writings against the Donatists he upholds the rights of the State: sometimes, he says, a salutary severity would be to the interest of the erring ones themselves and likewise protective of true believers and the community at large (Vacandard, 1.
		They were at first admonished to act only in conjunction with, the bishops, and finally were threatened with deposition, and would indeed have been deposed had not Their Majesties interceded for them.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Diocese of Avila
		Avila is historically one of the most important cities in the medieval and modern history of Spain.
		In the fourth century the arch-heretic Priscillian was Bishop of Avila, and in later times many saints had Avila as their home, among them St. Teresa and John of Avila, the "Apostle of Andalusia".
		Its Moorish castle and ancient eleventh-century cathedral are monumental relics of the past.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02160b.htm (189 words)

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		Of this empire Treves became the capital, and still at Treves was the bishop who was Priscillian's chief enemy -- Ithacus, a man of loose life, worldly, ambitious and, as the enemy of the bishop who had found protectors at the court of Milan, likely to find a favourable hearing with the victorious Maximus.
		Ithacus, in his plea against Priscillian, had made the most of his congenial opportunity to demonstrate publicly against all asceticism and all ascetics, even to the extent of denouncing St. Martin himself as a Manichee.
		The remains of Priscillian were brought back from Germany with all manner of ceremony to become the centre of a popular cultus, and soon Spain was once more given over to the bitter fights of religious factions, Galicia and the West ever more strongly Priscillianist, Betica and Carthaginia just as strongly orthodox.
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	Pilgrim Church - PRISCILLIAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bishop Hydatius, Metropolitan of Lusitania - see glossary, led the opposition, and at a Synod held in 380 at Caesaraugusta (Saragossa) - see glossary accused him of Manichaean and Gnostic heresy.
		The eminent bishops, Martin of Tours and Ambrose of Milan, protested in vain against this; Priscillian and six others were beheaded, among them a distinguished lady, Euchrotia, widow of a well known poet and orator.
		The bodies of Priscillian and his companions were brought to Spain and they were honoured as martyrs.
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	St. Martin of Tours
		It was sufficient, he said, that Priscillian should be branded as a heretic and excommunicated by the bishops.
		At this news, Martin went to Treves to intercede for the lives of all the Spanish Priscillianists who were threatened with a bloody persecution, and also for two men under suspicion as adherents of the late Emperor Gratian.
		It was the first judicial death sentence for heresy, and it had the effect of spreading Priscillianism in Spain.
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	Find in a Library: Priscillian of Avila the occult and the charismatic in the early church
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	John Avila - Reviewscout.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila - A Study in Mystical Psychology
		Adventures in Prayer: Reflections in St Teresa of Avila, St John of the Cross and St Therese of Lisieux
		Todd Furman Mitchell Avila Todd Furman Mitchell Avila
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	The Church Fathers
		He was, however, heretical on his doctrine of the Trinity (which he did not believe in).
		In 385 he was tried for his heresy and/or for magic, and executed -- the first execution carried out by the church, and one that roused strong protests even from certain of Priscillian's opponents.
		The problems of Tatian and his Diatessaron simply cannot be covered here; they belong in their own article (some additional information can be found in the article on the Versions under Diatessaron).
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	Was the early church 'Oneness' Pentecostal?
		There, under torture, he and his companions confessed they had studied obscene doctrines, held meetings with depraved women at night, and prayed naked.
		His pupils were a certain Agape, a woman of no mean origin, and a rhetorician named Helpidius.
		Though 'Oneness' Pentecostals would scarcely praise gnosticism if they understood what it was, Priscillian is quoted as saying: "Nullum alium deum esse credentes nisi Christum Deum Dei Filium," (Tractatus I. p.
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