According to Catholics, the flagellants had taken things too far.
根据天主教徒的说法,鞭笞者做得太过火了。
经济学人-文艺
Paintings now in the Academy detailed fanaticism in flagellants and the Inquisition, the phenomenon of witchcraft, the plight of prisoners and fantasies of the madhouse that mocked the " normal" world.
In fact, the ascetics and flagellants of the world belong nowhere in the main stream of civilization — and are of dubious utility and service in any civilization.
事实上,世界上的苦行者和鞭笞者不属于文明的主流——而且在任何文明中都具有可疑的效用和服务。
英语百科
Flagellant
Flagellants are practitioners of an extreme form of mortification of their own flesh by whipping it with various instruments.