On the European mainland, the Catholic Inquisition ruthlessly hunted down “heretical ” sects, such as the French Waldenses, and singled them out for persecution because of their habit of preaching“ from the gospels and epistles and other sacred scriptures,... since preaching and exposition of holy scripture [was] completely forbidden to laymen. ”
युरोपमध्ये, कॅथलिक न्यायसभेने (इन्क्विझिशन) “पाखंडी ” पंथांचा (जसे की, फ्रेंच वॉल्डेन्सेस) शोध सुरू केला आणि त्यांचा क्रूरपणे छळ केला.