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[13]: 66 Because of "the documentary scarcity and unconnectedness from which we must draw the description of Waldensian beliefs", [13]: 87 much of what is known about the early Waldensians comes from reports like the Profession of faith of Valdo of Lyon (1180); Liber antiheresis by Durando d'Osca (c. 1187–1200); and the Rescriptum of Bergamo ...
By the late 1180s, they were being pursued as heretics. This persecution only increased their preaching against the Roman Catholic Church. [4] The Waldensians developed a doctrine that forbids the use of weapons or of oaths, which led them to refuse any participation in Catholic rituals. [4] The Catholic hierarchy accused them of apostasy. [4]
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The Waldensians were mostly in Germany and North Italy. The Waldensians were a group of orthodox laymen concerned about the increasing wealth of the Church. As time passed, however, they found their beliefs at odds with Catholic teaching. [7]
Waldo had been excommunicated in 1184. Critical of certain practices of the Catholic clergy, Diego de Acebo, Bishop of Osma, viewed the Cathars even less favorably. In the early 1190s, he wrote Liber Antihaeresis against the Cathars. [2] In 1207, a religious conference was held between Catholics and Waldenses at Pamiers.
The Waldensians, a medieval Christian movement of the 12th century, were identified by Hisel as having connections to the Albigenses. He claimed that the two groups shared a common origin with similar doctrinal beliefs, including the rejection of paedobaptism and a focus on personal faith.
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It is said that the Catholic forces went beyond reason of attacking the Waldensians. They are reported to have unleashed an unprovoked campaign of looting, rape, torture, and murder. The estimated number of people killed was around 2,000 people killed and another 2,000 were forcibly converted to the Catholic faith.