Truth Triumphant - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

Henry, and at the same time admits that his
information is inadequate. This book of Henry,
mentioned by Peter of Cluny, could hardly have
failed to influence both Arnold of Brescia and
Peter Waldo, two reformers who followed after
him.
As Henry traveled, labored, prayed, and
preached to raise the masses to triumphant truth, he
was assailed by the most commanding figure in the
papal world. Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux, was the
only man with force enough to whip superstitious
Europe into the frenzy of a second crusade. The
first crusade had flickered out so disastrously that
the papacy was compelled to subpoena the services
of Bernard. The word of this champion was
powerful enough to decide even the choice of
popes. A number of his poetical compositions,
having had the good fortune to be set to charming
music, have been placed by his admirers in
Protestant hymnbooks. He entertained and directed
the Irish bishop who did more than any other man
to betray the Celtic Church in Ireland. He trained
the Irish monks who returned home to overthrow
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