Men and women were condemned for heresy because they rejected teachings of the church, some of which were based on the pagan philosophies of Aristotle and Plato ​ — men who lived before Jesus Christ was born.
लोकांनी बायबलचं वाचन करण्याचं आणि प्रश्‍न विचारण्याचं थांबवावं अशी चर्चच्या पुढाऱ्‍यांची इच्छा होती; आणि तसं घडलंही.