Since most Christian ministries are up to much good, what business do we have reporting the few who are deep in scandal?

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 Reformation to the Glorious Return

(or, the Confession of Chanforan) 1532

Waldensians and the Modern Era

The Waldensians from the 12th Century to the Protestant Reformation

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.

Oliver Cromwell and the Effort to Save the Waldensians

You can help hold together what God has joined together.

It's not enough to delegate work. We need to make sure it stays delegated.

Waldo of Lyons