Myth  Geography and Religion  Their historic journey from Switzerland back to Piedmontese valleys was led by Henri Arnaud.
Myth  Geography and Religion  Their historic journey from Switzerland back to Piedmontese valleys was led by Henri Arnaud. The Mennonite book Martyrs Mirror lists them as important the history of the doctrine of Believer's Baptism. These "Poor Men of [*] Lyon" modeled themselves after Matthew 23 and they absorbed the Humiliati and famously denied the sacraments, purgatory and the idea of relics. Persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church from the 12th to the 16th centuries, the beliefs of Baptists such as the literal interpretation of the Bible and the denial of pedobaptism can be traced to them. FTP name this group of heretics/schismatics named after their founder Peter Waldo.
Myth  Geography and Religion  Their historic journey from Switzerland back to Piedmontese valleys was led by Henri Arnaud.
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