“In the thirteenth century the Waldenses and Albigenses had spread and prevailed so far, and were prevailing still farther, that the pope thought it necessary to exert his utmost efforts to suppress them…”

“In the thirteenth century the Waldenses and Albigenses had spread and prevailed so far, and were prevailing still farther, that the pope thought it necessary to exert his utmost efforts to suppress them…”

January 4, 2024 Baptist Church History 0
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Thomas E Kresal  IUB Independent Unaffiliated Baptists 7h  · “In the thirteenth century the Waldenses and Albigenses had spread and prevailed so far, and were prevailing still farther, that the pope thought it necessary to exert his utmost efforts to suppress them….the office of inquisition was first erected…It is enough to make the blood run cold, to read of the horrid murders and devastations of this time…It is computed that in France alone were slain a million.” — (Thomas Newton, “Dissertations on the Prophecies”, London, 1759; Vol. 3, p.178)