waldenses in English
The poorly equipped Waldenses (also called Vaudois) offered heroic resistance.
Use "waldenses" in a sentence
1. Communities of the Waldenses were close-knit.
2. For additional information on the Waldenses, see the article “The Waldenses —From Heresy to Protestantism” in The Watchtower of March 15, 2002.
3. Relations between the Catholics and the Waldenses continued to deteriorate.
4. Initially, the Waldenses withdrew from Roman Catholicism, the State religion in Central Europe.
5. See the article “The Waldenses —From Heresy to Protestantism,” in the March 15, 2002, issue of The Watchtower.
6. Many Waldenses confessed to Catholic priests, attended Mass, used holy water, and even went on pilgrimages.
7. For information on how the Waldenses were absorbed by the Reformation, see The Watchtower of March 15, 2002, pages 20-23.
8. At the end of the volume, a short rhyming acrostic reveals that “the Waldenses, who the Gospel preach, placed this treasure within public reach.”
9. In Greek Christadelphian means "Brethren of Christ." They trace their spiritual roots through such groups as the Waldenses, Albigenses and Huguenots
10. Although the Waldenses were banished from the diocese of Lyons and hounded out of the city, it seems that the initial condemnation was to some extent theoretical.
11. Like the Waldenses, it is also believed that “… the Albigenses had been in the valleys of France from the earliest ages of Christianity.” (Source: “A History of the Baptists,” by John T