Libertines

Heretical sect that proscribed the Old Testament, substituting their own reason and inclination for Scripture as the guide of faith and morals.

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• Heresies Proscribing the Old Testament — The Libertines proscribed the Old Testament, substituting reason for Scripture

  "recently of the Libertines... The Libertines set up not the letter, but their own reason and inclination, as the guide of faith and morals"