The History of the WALDENSIANS

Divided into three parts

The first deals with their origin, pure faith, and the persecutions which they suffered throughout all of Europe during a period of more than 450 years.
The second contains the History of the Waldensians, otherwise named the Albigensians The Albigensians were a medieval religious group in Southern France, often associated with the Waldensians by later Protestant historians seeking a lineage of "pure" Christianity..
The third comprises the Doctrine and Discipline which they shared among themselves, together with the refutation of the doctrine of their adversaries.

Collected from the authors whose names are listed hereafter, and written in the French language by Jean Paul Perrin, of Lyon. And for the service of the Dutch Church of Christ. Faithfully translated from the French language into our Dutch language by I. M. V.

An appendix in which is shown: 1. where the pure Church was before the times of the Waldensians. 2. The cause of the various nicknames of the Waldensians and Albigensians. 3. The faith of the Waldensians, from the confessions of the Papist original: "Paepsche"; a term used by Reformers to refer to Roman Catholic writers. writers.

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