Pope Innocent III

“ Although such people seem to deserve to be chastised about this, because they carry out meetings in secret, usurp the duty of preaching, despise the simplicity of priests and reject the company of those who do not accept their aforementioned translation ”

“ To the same bishop and chapter of Metz we have given orders to inquire carefully about the truth, who was the author of that translation, what was the intention of the translator, what is the faith of those using it, what is the cause of teaching it, if those using it venerate the apostolic See and honour the Catholic Church; so that having been instructed by their letter about these and other things which are necessary for more fully investigating the truth, we might understand more fully and plainly what ought to be done about them. ”

“ In cutting away and also in curing the bodies of the sick, the diligence of the eye should thus precede the duty of the hand, and the finger should come before the sword, so that, if the branding iron is used incautiously, it does not both leave the weak parts uncured and also weaken the healthy parts: because the more it should be preserved more diligently in weaker minds, the more we know that the mind is more worthy than the body and spiritual things should be put before worldly things. ”