HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Peter Waldo, Waldensians, Humiliati
6 Mar 2018
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The idea christian life is to imitate the lifestyle of jesus and the apostles. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles" doctrine and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. And all who believed were together and had all things in common; and sold their possessions and goods and parted them to all men as every man had need. acts 2:42-45. Weathly businessman in lyons, late 12th c. Inspired by a ballad about st. alexius, gives away his wealth and devotes himself to the apostolic life: living without property, begging, preaching. 1181 church council in lyons forbids waldo and his followers from preaching. 1184 papal bill ad abollendam declares both waldensians and humiliati heretics, on the grounds that they are preaching without authorization: after being declared heretics, later waldensians adopt more radical views. Son of a wealthy cloth merchant in assisi. Inspired to pursue the ideal of the apostolic life.
