The Great Controversy - Righteousness is Love

534A CLASSIC WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE WALDENSIAN "BARBS" ISJEAN LEGER, HISTOIRE GENERALE DES EGLISES EVANGELIQUESDES VALLEES DE PIEMONT (LEYDEN, 1669), WHICH WASWRITTEN AT THE TIME OF THE GREAT PERSECUTIONS ANDCONTAINS FIRSTHAND INFORMATION WITH DRAWINGS.FOR THE LITERATURE OF WALDENSIAN TEXTS SEE A.DESTEFANO, CIVILTAMEDIOEVALE (1944); AND RIFORMATORI EDERETICI NEL MEDIOEVE (PALERMO, 1938); J. D. BOUNOUS, THEWALDENSIAN PATOIS OF PRAMOL (NASHVILLE, 1936); AND A.DONDAINE, ARCHIVUM FRATRUM PRAEDICATORUM (1946).FOR THE HISTORY OF THE WALDENSES SOME OF THE MORERECENT, RELIABLE WORKS ARE: E. COMBA, HISTORY OF THEWALDENSES IN ITALY (SEE LATER ITALIAN EDITION PUBLISHEDIN TORRE PELLICE, 1934); E. GEBHART, MYSTICS AND HERETICS(BOSTON, 1927); G. GONNET, IL VALDISMO MEDIOEVALE,PROLEGOMENI (TORRE PELLICE, 1935); AND JALLA, HISTOIREDES VAUDOIS ET LEURS COLONIES (TORRE PELLICE, 1935).ORIGINAL TEXT PAGE 77. EDICT AGAINST THE WALDENSES.--ACONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE TEXT OF THE PAPAL BULLISSUED BY INNOCENT VIII IN 1487 AGAINST THE WALDENSES(THE ORIGINAL OF WHICH IS IN THE LIBRARY OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE) IS GIVEN, IN AN ENGLISHTRANSLATION, IN JOHN DOWLING'S HISTORY OF ROMANISM(1871 ED.), B. 6, CH. 5, SEC. 62.ORIGINAL TEXT PAGE 85. WYCLIFFE.--THE HISTORIANDISCOVERS THAT THE NAME OF WYCLIFFE, HAS MANYDIFFERENT FORMS OF SPELLING. FOR A FULL DISCUSSION OFTHESE SEE J. DAHMUS, THE PROSECUTION OF JOHN WYCLYF(NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1952), P. 7.ORIGINAL TEXT PAGE 86. INFALLIBILITY.FOR THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF THE PAPAL BULLS ISSUEDAGAINST WYCLIFFE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION SEE J.DAHMUS, THE PROSECUTION OF JOHN WYCLYF (NEW HAVEN:YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1952), PP. 35-49; ALSO JOHN FOXE,