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Waldensian teachings came into conflict with the Catholic Church and by 1215 the Waldensians were declared heretical, not because they preached apostolic poverty, which the Franciscans also preached, but because they were not willing to recognize the prerogatives of local bishops over the content of their preaching, nor to recognize standards ...
The leaders of the Waldensian movement were not yet excommunicated. In 1180, Waldo composed a profession of faith which is still extant. [23] [24] [25] Driven away from Lyon, Waldo and his followers settled in the high valleys of Piedmont, and in France, in the Luberon, as they continued in their pursuit of Christianity based on the New Testament.
Stephen or Stephen of Austria was a 15th century Waldensian teacher from Austria, a claimed bishop and a martyr. Stephen was burned at the stake in 1468 for charges of being a Hussite . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Waldensian Evangelical Church (Chiesa Evangelica Valdese, CEV) is a Protestant denomination active in Italy and Switzerland that was independent until it united with the Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy in the Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches.
the surname "Lolhard" of an eminent Franciscan preacher in Guyenne, who converted to the Waldensian way. The region of Guyenne was at that time under English dominion, and his preaching influenced pious lay English. He was burned at Cologne in the 1370s. Earlier, another Waldensian teacher, also named "Lolhard", was tried for heresy in Austria ...
In 1975, the Waldensian Church (45,000 members circa, plus some 15,000 affiliates in Argentina and Uruguay) joined forces with the Italian Methodist Church (5,000) to form the Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches. It is member of both the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and of the World Methodist Council, due to its nature of a united ...
Waldensian Evangelical Church, a Protestant denomination active in Italy and Switzerland; Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches, an Italian united Protestant denomination; Waldensian Church and Cemetery of Stone Prairie, a historic Waldensian church located near Monett, Barry County, Missouri, United States of America
Durand of Huesca (c. 1160 – 1224) was a Spanish Waldensian, who converted in 1207 to Catholicism. Durand had been a disciple of Peter Waldo, who had been excommunicated in 1184. [1] Around the early 1190s, Durand wrote Liber Antihaeresis against the Cathars, which is considered perhaps the best primary source on early Waldensian thought. [2]