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The Waldensians, also known as Waldenses (/ w ɔː l ˈ d ɛ n s iː z, w ɒ l-/), Vallenses, Valdesi, or Vaudois, are adherents of a church tradition that began as an ascetic movement within Western Christianity before the Reformation.
- Waldo of Lyons
- Voluntary Poverty
- Preaching The Gospel
- 'Peter' Waldo
- The Teachings of Jesus
- Belief in The Bible
- The Barba
- The Reformation
- Persecution and Massacre
- A Story of Survival
The founder of the Waldensians was Waldo (Valdes in French) of Lyons, a wealthy and influential young merchant from Lyons, France. After the sudden death of a close friend, Waldo began to search for deeper meaning in life. Around A.D. 1173, Waldo was profoundly moved by the words of Jesus Christ to the rich young man in the Gospel of Mark10:21:
Between 1173–1176, Waldo’s life changed radically. Deciding to follow the Lord’s words literally, he gave away his wealth to the poor and started a life of intentional poverty. Later, his disciples would become known as “The Poor Men of Lyons,” or simply “The Poor.” The name they claimed for themselves was “The Poor of Spirit” from the Beatitudesin...
Believing that all people ought to have the opportunity to hear and understand the Word of God, Waldo employed Bernard Ydros and Stephen of Ansa to translate several books of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into his local French-Provencal dialect. When the translation was presented in Rome, it received words of approval from the pope. Encouraged b...
In the spring of 1179, Waldo and his followers were forbidden by the church to preach unless explicitly invited by a priest. But Waldo was convinced the body of Christ should base its experiences on those of the apostlesand not on the human constructs of his day. He continued to preach openly. Several years later, around 1183, Waldo was banned from...
One historian explained this unusual use of the adjective “naked” to mean both “materially poor” and “of Christ alone.” With no religious “extras,” the Waldensians sought to follow Christ in his poverty and as their only reference point for faith. Thus, the goal of the Waldenses was to live in absolute faithfulness to the teachings of Jesus Christ,...
Waldensian beliefs are based on the Bible, yet the movement began at a time when ordinary people had no access to the Scriptures. Therefore, the Bible needed to be translated into the native language and preached in public so that all people could hear and understand the Word of God. Only then could men and women know Jesus Christ as the center of ...
In the 15th century, the Waldensians began to refer to their pastors and preachers as the barba, a term of respect which means “uncle” in the local Alpine dialect. The title kept them from being confused with Catholic “fathers.” Young barbas were sent to school for training in the Scriptures and preparation for life in ministry. After training, the...
Also in the 15th century, the Waldensians became associated with the Bohemian Brethren and supported their leader, the Czech church reformer Jan Hus. Hus was labeled a heretic and burned at the stakein 1415 for his radical teachings. Although he remained a devoted Catholic priest, his views allied with those of the Waldensians. Hus believed that Sc...
The Waldensians endured persecution not just in their beginnings, but throughout the centuries and in different locations. These are only a few of the more significant massacres. 1. In 1251, Waldensians in Toulouse, France, were massacred for non-conformity to the church, and their town was burned to the ground. 2. The massacre of 22 villages in th...
Although they remained suppressed in numbers, the Waldensians continued to survive centuries of hardship and oppression. By the 18th century, they maintained a cloistered Protestant presence in the mainly Catholic Piedmont region of northwest Italy. Only with the aid of surrounding Protestant countries did the Waldensians endure. In 1848, the Walde...
Waldenses, members of a Christian movement that originated in 12th-century France, the devotees of which sought to follow Christ in poverty and simplicity. The movement is sometimes viewed as an early forerunner of the Reformation for its rejection of various Catholic tenets.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Waldensian movement started in Lyon towards the end of the 12th century and spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. It joined with the Reform Movement and they were violently persecuted, only able to maintain resistance in the Alpine valleys of the Piedmont.
Founded in the Middle Ages. The Waldensian Church originated with the preaching of the merchant Valdo (Waldo of Lyons, from whom the church’s name originates), 1140-1217. He lived during the same period as Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 or 1182–1226).
They founded communities in New York City, Chicago, Monett, Galveston and Rochester. Some Waldensians living in the Cottian Alps region of Northern Italy migrated to North Carolina in 1893 and founded the most notable Waldensian settlement in North America in Valdese, North Carolina.
Peter Waldo (/ ˈ w ɔː l d oʊ, ˈ w ɒ l-/; c. 1140 – c. 1205; also Valdo, Valdes, Waldes; French: Pierre Vaudès, de Vaux, Latin: Petrus Waldus, Valdus) was the leader of the Waldensians, a Christian spiritual movement of the Middle Ages.
