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... Canon Episcopi , which said in effect that be- lief in witchcraft was superstitious and heretical , the inquisitors cavilled by arguing that the witchcraft of the Canon Episcopi and the witchcraft of the Inquisition were different . The ...
... Canon Episcopi , which said in effect that be- lief in witchcraft was superstitious and heretical , the inquisitors cavilled by arguing that the witchcraft of the Canon Episcopi and the witchcraft of the Inquisition were different . The ...
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... Canon Episcopi had classified belief in night flight as heresy . By Bonaventura von Genelli , Das Leben einer Hexe ( 1847 ) . Since it flatly contradicted ... Canon Episcopi in- sisted that transvection was a superstitious 75 Canon Episcopi.
... Canon Episcopi had classified belief in night flight as heresy . By Bonaventura von Genelli , Das Leben einer Hexe ( 1847 ) . Since it flatly contradicted ... Canon Episcopi in- sisted that transvection was a superstitious 75 Canon Episcopi.
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... Canon ; ( 2 ) the Canon Episcopi was not approved by a General Church Council and therefore not binding ; and ( 3 ) supporting the Canon interfered with getting rid of the witches ( as Jacquier honestly put it ) . Later , Spina , in a ...
... Canon ; ( 2 ) the Canon Episcopi was not approved by a General Church Council and therefore not binding ; and ( 3 ) supporting the Canon interfered with getting rid of the witches ( as Jacquier honestly put it ) . Later , Spina , in a ...
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