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A History of the Vaudois Church from Its Origin, And of the Vaudois of Piedmont to the Present Day by Antoine Monastier, first published in 1849, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Excerpt from A History the Vaudois Church: From Its Origin and of the Vaudois of Piedmont to the Present Day N or three centuries from the death and resurrection of the Saviour had passed away, before the good news of salvation through him was Spread over all the provinces of the Roman empire, and received with joy by a! Considerable part of their population. Faith in Jesus, the Son of the living God, was proclaimed from the shores of the Red sea 'to those of the Atlantic ocean; from the banks of the Nile to those of the Ebro, the Rhone, the Rhine, the Danube, and the Euphrates; in all the countries washed by the waters of the Mediterranean, even to the most retired valleys of the Iberian mountainsfi of the Alps, Hemus, and Atlas, and especially through all the cities that were scattered over this immense tract. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Waldenes 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. 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.