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Vor 2 Tagen · The founding of the Waldensians is attributed to Peter Waldo, a wealthy merchant who gave away his property around 1173, preaching apostolic poverty as the way to perfection.
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1. Mai 2024 · Peter Waldo. Died: c. 1205. Founder: Poor. Waldenses. Notable Works: “Profession of Faith” Valdes (died c. 1205) was a medieval French religious leader. A successful merchant, Valdes underwent a religious conversion, gave away his wealth, and began to preach a doctrine of voluntary poverty in Lyon about 1170.
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4. Mai 2024 · The Waldenses are a Christian community with its origins in a twelfth-century anti-sacerdotal sect founded by Peter Waldo of Lyon. They were energetically persecuted in the thirteenth century, and fled to centres in Provence, Dauphiné, Piedmont, Lombardy, Germany, and Spain. Peter Waldo died in Bohemia, and the Waldensian community ...
Vor 2 Tagen · The first known translation of the Bible into one of France's regional languages, Arpitan or Franco-Provençal, had been prepared by the 12th-century pre-Protestant reformer Peter Waldo (Pierre de Vaux). The Waldensians created fortified areas, as in Cabrières, perhaps attacking an abbey.
9. Mai 2024 · Founded by Peter Waldo (c. 1140 – c. 1205), the Waldensians sought to follow Christ in poverty and simplicity. It was not long before the Waldensians began to feel the wrath of the papacy, and by 1215 the Waldensians were declared heretics. When the church began to persecute them, many fled to the mountainous Piedmont region in ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
Vor 2 Tagen · From the first half of the 16th century, Scottish scholars and religious leaders were influenced by the teachings of the Protestant reformer, Martin Luther. In 1560, a group of Scottish nobles known as the Lords of the Congregation gained control of government.
