Ellen Gould White über: "How many religious dissenters were persecuted and killed by the Catholic Church?"

The provided writings do not give an exact statistical total of all those killed, but they illustrate the immense scale of the persecutions. It is reported that, by the fallen church, “millions were killed without mercy” when the fires of persecution were again kindled against the true successors of Christ. Moreover, in various eras such as the Reformation and the persecutions of the Waldensians, thousands to tens of thousands of believers sealed their faith with their lives.

Millions fell victim to persecution by the fallen church

»Satan rejoiced over the fall of so many; and then he incited the fallen church to either force those who wished to preserve the purity of their religion to bow to its ceremonies and image worship, or to kill them. The fires of persecution were again kindled against the true congregation of Jesus Christ, and millions were killed without mercy.«

1 - Ellen Gould White, Spiritual Gifts, vol. 1 (1SG 105.1)

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Thousands of believers sealed their faith with their blood

»Both ecclesiastical and secular authorities were called in vain to eradicate heresy. In vain they resorted to prison, torture, fire and sword. Thousands of believers sealed their faith with their blood, yet the work continued.«

2 - Ellen Gould White, The Great Controversy (1888 ed.) (GC88 196.3)

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Thousands of Waldensians died in individual persecution campaigns

»In total, more than three thousand Waldensians perished in this cavern, including the entire population of the Loyse valley. This single instance among many similar ones gives an idea of what the Waldensians endured for the sake of truth. Horror, mourning and death followed the persecutors at every turn.«

3 - Ellen Gould White, Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists (HS 241.1)

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