The result was that, when Schonborn became Elector and Archbishop of Mayence, he stopped the witch persecutions in that province, and prevented them as long as he lived.
But here was shown the strength of theological and ecclesiastical traditions and precedents.

Even a man so strong by family connections, and enjoying such great temporal and spiritual power as Schonborn, dared not openly give his reasons for this change of policy.

So far as is known, he never uttered a word publicly against the reality of magic, and under his successor in the electorate witch trials were resumed.
The great upholders of the orthodox view retained full possession of the field.

The victorious Bishop Binsfeld, of Treves, wrote a book to prove that everything confessed by the witches under torture, especially the raising of storms and the general controlling of the weather, was worthy of belief; and this book became throughout Europe a standard authority, both among Catholics and Protestants.

Even more inflexible was Remigius, criminal judge in Lorraine.