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The Waldensians: From the Editor
The Waldensian Motto: Into Darkness, Light
Remembered by Their Enemies
A Prophet Without Honor
Waldo of Lyons
An Ancient and Undying Light
The Waldensians from the 12th Century to the Protestant Reformation
Dr. Giorgio Bouchard is currently President of the Protestant Federation of Italy. He is a Waldens-pastor and serves a congregation in Naples. From 1979 to 1986 he was moderator of the Waldensian Church.
The Donation of Constantine
The Pearl of Great Price
The Renaissance of the Gospel
A Brief Sketch of the Italian Reformation
Emidio Campi is a Waldensian pastor in Zurich, Switzerland. He also teaches church history in the University of Zurich, and was formerly general secretary of the World Student Christian Federation.
A Time for Mourning, A Time for War
From the Reformation to the Glorious Return
John Hobbins, a native of the United States, attended the Waldensian seminary in Rome, and serves as pastor of several Methodist-Waldensian Churches on the island of Sicily.
1989 - The 300th Anniversary of the Glorious Return
Giorgio Tourn is a Waldensian pastor in Torre Pellice in the Waldensian Valleys. He is the chairman of the Society for Waldensian Church History, and has written several books. This article is excerpted and adapted from his book You Are My Witnesses.
The Covenant of Sibaud 1689
A Friend in the Lord Protector
Oliver Cromwell and the Effort to Save the Waldensians
From Mountain Ghetto to Missionary Diaspora
Waldensians and the Modern Era
Dr. Giorgio Bouchard is currently President of the Protestant Federation of Italy. He is a Waldens-pastor and serves a congregation in Naples. From 1979 to 1986 he was moderator of the Waldensian Church.
Felix Neff
Apostle of Alpine Awakening
GIORGIO TOURN
From Snow-Covered Peaks to Tropical Forests
Waldensians in Uruguay and Argentina
To A Home in the Land of the Free
The Waldensians in North America
Giuseppe Platene is pastor of the Waldensian Church of Angrogna, Italy, and vice-director of the weekly Waldensian magazine La Luce.
From the Archives: A Letter From the Poor Lombards to the Poor of Lyons Who Are in Germany (1218)
This letter was sent from Lombardy to Lyons to express the outcome of an early meeting, which was held in Bergamo, Italy, between members of two separate Waldensian groups. Though the two groups differed in their approaches to the life of The Poor, the outcome of the meeting was a "new sense of unity."* [* Some descriptions used in these Archives are derived from those given in the text of Giorgio Tourn's You Are My Witnesses. These documents are taken from Tourn's book.]
From the Archives: Waldensian Legend Concerning the Donation of Constantine to Pope Sylvester (date unknown)
This early document tells in a remarkable and fanciful form the Waldensian story of how the Church had come to compromise with the world. Though The Poor were not around until the 12th century, mention is here made of their presence in the 4th century. They could, however, claim solidarity with ancient Christians who rejected worldly wealth and power.
From the Archives: La Nobla Leyczon (The Noble Lesson)
A 15th-century Waldensian poem
From the Archives: A Barba of San Martino (1451)
This is an excerpt from a written account of the heresy trial of Filippo Regis. Waldensians were routinely questioned about their knowledge of the elusive barba—the itinerant Waldensian spiritual leaders. Such accounts are often distorted: it is unlikely a barba would have taught to deny the virgin Birth, or to deny that "the sons" could perform miracles.
From the Archives: Subjects Discussed at the Meeting at Angrogna
(or, the Confession of Chanforan) 1532
From A Calabrian Prison (1560)
An excerpt from a letter of Waldensian pastor Giovan Paschale, who was hanged in Rome in 1560.
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