History of the Waldenses / Wylie, J A / Paperback / LSI

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The Waldenses were among the first of the people of Europe to obtain a translation of the Holy Scriptures. Hundreds of years before the Reformation they possessed the Bible in manuscript in their native tongue. They had the truth unadulterated, rendering them the special objects of hatred and persecution. They declared the Church of Rome to be the apostate Babylon of the Apocalypse, and at the peril of their lives, they stood up to resist her corruptions. While under the pressure of long-continued persecution, some compromised their faith, little by little yielding its distinctive principles, while others held fast to the truth. Through ages of darkness and apostasy there were Waldenses who denied the supremacy of Rome, who rejected image worship as idolatry, and who kept the true Sabbath. Under the fiercest tempests of opposition, they maintained their faith. Though gashed by the Savoyard spear and scorched by the Romish fagot, they stood unflinchingly for God's word and His honor.

Behind the lofty bulwarks of the mountains- in all ages, the refuge of the persecuted and oppressed-the Waldenses found a hiding place. Here, the light of truth was kept burning amid the darkness of the Middle Ages. Here, for a thousand years, witnesses for the truth maintained the ancient faith.

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Questions this book answers

Who were the Waldenses?

The Waldenses were among the first people in Europe to have the Bible in their own language, centuries before the Reformation. They lived and worshiped in the mountain valleys of the Alps.

Why were the Waldenses persecuted?

Wylie describes how their stand for the Scriptures made them objects of hatred and long persecution. Through it many held fast to their faith.

Did the Waldenses keep the Sabbath?

The book records that through ages of darkness there were Waldenses who kept the seventh-day Sabbath and rejected image worship. Wylie tells how they held the Scriptures in their own tongue centuries before the Reformation.

How did the Waldenses prepare the way for the Reformation?

They preserved and shared the Scriptures long before the Reformation. Wylie shows their witness as part of the story that led to it.

Who was J. A. Wylie?

James Aitken Wylie was a nineteenth-century Scottish historian of Protestantism. This book is one of his best-known histories.