{"id":4120,"date":"2020-04-01T14:17:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T18:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=4120"},"modified":"2020-04-01T15:19:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T19:19:08","slug":"baptist-history-heritage-and-distinctives-brief-overview-who-were-the-albigenses-and-the-waldenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/01\/baptist-history-heritage-and-distinctives-brief-overview-who-were-the-albigenses-and-the-waldenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives \u2013 Brief Overview – \u201cWho Were the Albigenses and the Waldenses?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Thomas E Kresal<\/a> Admin<\/strong><\/a> \u00b7 4 hrs<\/abbr><\/a> April 1, 2020 <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives \u2013 Brief Overview – \u201cWho Were the Albigenses and the Waldenses?\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Albigenses were Bible-believing Christians who lived in southern France, probably making up the majority of the inhabitants of that region by the 12th century. Both they and the Waldenses were most likely the descendents of the Bible-believing Paulicians. One writer (B.F. Wilkinson) describes the Albigenses as the \u201cwestern portion of the Waldenses\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Albigenses and the Waldenses were initially separate from \u2013 and independent of \u2013 Papal Rome, and they wanted no part of the immorality, the corruption, and the unscriptural doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Alarmed at the rapid growth of these Bible-believing Christians (i.e., the Albigenses and the Waldenses), the Papacy sent army after army to slaughter these innocent Bible-believing Christians (many of whom were farmers), and to loot their property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Albigenses were exterminated as a people in southern France by these \u201cpapal\u201d armies during the Albigensian Crusades. Frank Chalk and Kurt Jonassohn, co-authors of \u201cThe History and Sociology of GENOCIDE\u201d (1990), tell us this on page 115 of their book: \u201cThe Albigensian Crusades slash through the history of France and of the [Ed.: Roman Catholic] Church like a gaping wound. From 1208 to 1226 the papacy sent army after army to the South of France to crush the Albigensian \u2018heretics\u2019 and to punish their supporters. \u2026They [Ed.: i.e., the Albigensian Crusades] began with a calculated act of terror, the massacre of [Ed.: large numbers of men, women, and children at the French city of] Beziers; they ended with the establishment of the Inquisition, one of the most effective means of \u2018thought control\u2019 that Europe has ever known. [Ed: The papal army butchered about 20,000 citizens of this French city populated at that time by many Albigenses.] They [Ed.: i.e., the papal armies] were completely successful: The losing faith, the Albigensian \u2018Heresy\u2019, was exterminated. \u2026Their disappearance as a social group was carefully planned and executed with persistent cruelty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continued tomorrow \u2013 Who were the Waldenses?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Thomas E. Kresal from: Darryl Eberhart, Editor of ETI & TTT Newsletters, January 11, 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE from Tom: I highly recommend you watch the 3-hour documentary, \u201cA Lamp in the Dark\u201d, by Adullam Films. It is available on youtube .com, Amazon or DVD.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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