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St. Gregory VII (Benedictine & Pope) Was Accused Of Being A “False Monk”
It’s interesting that Pope St. Gregory VII (a Benedictine who became one of the strongest popes in Church history) was falsely accused by his enemies (i.e. supporters of the excommunicated King Henry IV) of being a “false monk”, a “fanatic”, a “false prophet”, and more.
The Synod of Brixen’s false accusations against Pope St. Gregory VII, June 25, 1080: “… the insane fury of a certain man called Hildebrand [Pope Gregory VII], a false monk… the ravages committed by this fanatic… To that order which God has established, he has preferred his dreams, his fancies, and those of other persons. He wears the habit of a monk, while he is not one in reality. He has withdrawn himself from all ecclesiastical discipline, and has never been subject to any master… It has been proved against him that he has caused the violent deaths of four of the Roman pontiffs, whom he poisoned by the aid of an accomplice, a certain intimate of his, John Brachintus, who, although his repentance was very late, yet, at the moment of death, confessed in a loud voice that it was he who had administered the poison.” (Arnold Harris Matthew, The Life and Times of Hildebrand, Pope Gregory VII, 1910, pp. 190-191)
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