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Waldensians — Waldensians, Waldenses or Vaudois are names for a Christian spiritual movement of the later Middle Ages, descendants of which still exist in various regions. Over time, the denomination joined the Genevan or Reformed branch of Protestantism.… … Wikipedia
Waldensians — n. member of the Waldenses … English contemporary dictionary
Waldensians — Members of the community originally founded in the twelfth century by Peter Valdes … Who’s Who in Christianity
Waldensians — sect organised in the 12th century in Lyons; the founder became a mendicant preacher and expounded against the worldliness of the established church; the sect survives today … Medieval glossary
Waldensians — Вальденсы … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
Synode de Chanforan — Lors du célèbre synode de Chanforan (en 1532), dans le Val d’Angrogne, au Piémont italien, la toute nouvelle religion protestante a pris une décision essentielle, mais alors illégale, celle de traduire et imprimer la Bible en français. Jusque là … Wikipédia en Français
Medieval Inquisition — This article is about the 12th and 13th century inquisitions. For later ones, see Inquisition (disambiguation). Pedro Berruguete. Saint Dominic Presiding over an Auto da fé (around 1495 … Wikipedia
Massacre of Mérindol — Massacre of the Waldensians of Mérindol in 1545 as imagined by Gustave Dore (1832 1883). The Massacre of Mérindol took place in 1545, when Francis I of France ordered the Waldensians of the city of Mérindol to be punished for dissident religious… … Wikipedia
Brethren of the Free Spirit — The Brothers, or Brethren of the Free Spirit (Brüder und Schwestern des Freien Geistes), was a lay Christian movement which flourished in northern Europe in the 13th and 14th Centuries. Antinomian and individualist in outlook, it came into… … Wikipedia
Historical revision of the Inquisition — is a historiographical project that has emerged in recent years. In the last forty years, with opening of formerly closed archives, the development of new historical methodologies, and, in Spain, the death of Francisco Franco in 1975, new works… … Wikipedia
