In this story, Saint John Bosco allows a monk to preach to his Oratory boys, but the sermon didn't last long before he realized the mistake he had made: the man was spreading Waldensian heresies from the pulpit. Watch till the end to hear how our saint dealt with this wolf in sheep's clothing.
Don Bosco fought against the sect of the Waldensians who had departed from the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church by rejecting most of the seven sacraments. The confession of sins was guided by their leaders and did not require a priest and they rejected the use of indulgences. Baptism was to be by full immersion in water and was not administered to infants. Eventually, the elements of the Eucharist, bread and wine, were regarded as symbols only, and they denied the doctrine of transubstantiation, virginity of Our Lady, the notion of purgatory and of prayers offered for the dead.
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