peter peter known popular french religious teacher called leader movement roman_catholic_church criticized infant baptism opposed churches crosses opposed doctrine denied prayers dead angry mob killed year information concerning peter derived extant sources treatise followers passage written life teachings sources suggest peter born southeastern france history early life unknown certain roman catholic priest deprived office church hierarchy teaching unorthodox doctrine began preaching probably local bishops oversaw die gap suppressed teachings jurisdictions spite official repression peter teachings gained adherents peter admitted authority literal interpretation writings considered doubted origin questioned rejected authority roman_catholic_church opposed clerical infant baptism prayers dead organ music treatise peter preface treatise attacked peter summed teachings saw errors known peter abbot important religious writer popular figure church internationally known scholar associate national religious leaders day error denial children age understanding saved baptism according faith baptism saves lord says believe baptised saved believe condemned idea ran counter medieval church teaching particularly following theology baptism children played essential role salvation ancestral guilt original sin second error charged said temples churches erected quoted saying unnecessary build temples church god consist multitude stones joined unity believers assembled hand medieval church taught churches created god believed appropriate buildings grand beautiful wealth skill error command sacred crosses broken pieces burned form instrument christ tortured slain worthy death treated cut pieces swords burnt fire seen acts medieval church catholics day fourth error according denied grace rejecting rite communion entirely let doctrine real presence nascent account deny truth body blood lord daily constantly offered church declare ought offered god people believe bishops priests clergy seduce things office altar falsely body christ salvation souls term describe transformation consecrated bread wine body blood christ theory long widely accepted orthodox doctrine time attacks peter centuries officially declared necessary orthodox catholic explanation fifth error sacrifices prayers good works faithful living faithful dead things aid dead good deeds living profit dead transferred life merits increased diminished life longer place merits retribution dead man hope gain anybody obtain alive world things pointless living dead mortal passed death way flesh state future world took merit added death legacy recorded crosses singled special peter felt crosses deserve crosses objects destroyed year peter publicly burning crosses near local roman catholic populace angered peter destruction crosses cast flames henry monk adopted teachings spread modified form peter death teachings peter continued frequently condemned roman_catholic_church mention henry followers known began die year began preaching return roman southern france letter people undoubtedly written end bernard calls remnants late remained active year monk english chronicler related young girl claimed inspired virgin mary reputed converted great number disciples henry disappear historical record reference evidence later religious figures directly influenced peter low view shared later protestant figures spite peter considered prophet reformation evangelical
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