2 Mar 1690 A.D. Reformed Churchmen: Waldensians’ Confession of Faith
2 Mar 1690 A.D. Reformed Churchmen: Waldensians’ Confession of Faith http://heritagebooktalk.com/waldensian-confession-reformed-confessions/ states the following. Waldensian Confession – Reformed Confessions Taken from Reformed Confessions of the 16th and 17th Centuries in English Translation: Volume 4, 1600–1693 Waldensian Confession (1603) Historical Background The following document, while not a formal confession of faith, attests to the Reformed character of the Waldensian Church at the turn of the seventeenth century. Here the Vaudois align themselves emphatically with the Reformed churches of Europe. The general context of the declaration is the ongoing persecution of the Waldensians in the region of Saluzzo/Salusse/Saluces (so-called Marquisate of Saluzzo), south of Turin, Italy. Emmanuel Philibert (1528–1580) had regained the Duchy of Savoy-Piedmont from the French in 1559 and made Turin his capital in 1562. He was succeeded in 1580 by Charle...