Council of Sens, 1140 or 1141

378. 11. That the spirit of the fear of the Lord was not in Christ.

379. 12. That the power of binding and loosing was given to the Apostles only, not to their successors.

380. 13. That through work man becomes neither better nor worse.

381. 14. That to the Father, who is not from another, properly or especially belongs power,¹ not also wisdom and kindness.

382. 15. That even chaste fear is excluded from future life.

383. 16. That the devil sends forth evil suggestion through the operation² of stones and herbs.

384. 17. That the coming at the end of the world can be attributed to the Father.

385. 18. That the soul of Christ did not descend to hell by itself but only by power.

386. 19. That neither action nor will, neither concupiscence nor delight, when³ it moves it [the soul] is a sin, nor ought we to wish to extinguish (it).⁴

[From the letter of Innocent II "Testante Apostolo" to Henry the Bishop of Sens, July 16, 1140⁵]

387. And so we who though unworthily are observed to reside in the chair of St. Peter, to whom it has been said by the Lord: "And thou being once converted, convert thy brethren" (Luke 22:33), after having taken counsel with our brethren the principal bishops, have condemned by the authority of the sacred canons the chapters sent to us by your discretion and all the teachings of this Peter (Abelard) with their author, and we have imposed upon him as a heretic perpetual silence. We declare also that all the followers and defenders of his error must be separated from the companionship of the faithful and must be bound by the chain of excommunication.

Baptism of Desire (an unbaptized priest)⁶

[From the letter "Apostolicam Sedem" to the Bishop of Cremona, of uncertain time]

388. To your inquiry we respond thus: We assert without hesitation (on the authority of the holy Fathers Augustine and Ambrose) that the