History of the Waldenses
History of the Waldenses

Author: J. A. Wylie

Publisher: TEACH Services, Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781572581852

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The Waldenes were among the first of the people of Europe to obtain a translation of the Holy Scriptures. Hundreds of years before the Reformation they possessed the Bible in manuscript in their native tongue. Here the light of truth was kept burning amid the darkness of the Middle Ages. Here, for a thousand years, witnesses for the truth maintained the ancient faith.

The Vaudois of Piedmont
The Vaudois of Piedmont

Author: J. N. Worsfold

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-08-20

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 3382819368

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1873. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

The Waldensian Dissent
The Waldensian Dissent

Author: Gabriel Audisio

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780521559843

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The Poor of Lyons, whom their detractors called 'Waldensians' - after the name of their founder Waldo (or Vaudès) - first emerged around 1170 and formed in common with other groups of the period a sect which embraced evangelism, prophecy and poverty. By challenging their prohibition by the lay clergy, and by following the Scripture to the last letter, they suffered excommunication and were condemned as heretics. Forced underground and dispersed widely, they nevertheless managed to maintain contact across Europe, through an established network of itinerant preachers, in Provence and Dauphiné, Calabria and Piedmont, Austria and Bohemia, Pomerania, Brandenburg, Silesia and beyond. The Poor of Lyons constituted the only medieval heresy to have survived to the dawn of the so-called 'modern' period. Their tale of simple devotion mixed with a fierce tenacity serves to illuminate aspects of religious belief that have persisted to the present day. This book was first published in 1999.