WALDO, PETER


Meaning of WALDO, PETER in English

(c 1150-____) wealthy French merchant of Lyons; had a deep personal spiritual experience; followers are called Waldensians or Waldenses; emphasized simplicity, purity, and evangelism. They rejected most of the seven sacraments and redefined the others. Rejected belief in purgatory, miracles, invocation of saints, fasts, and abstinences. Refused to take oaths.

Theological and philosophical biography English dict.      Английский словарь богословской и философской биографии .