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They are widely admired by Protestants as forerunners of the Reformation, even by those Protestant groups that do not directly descend from them. When the Protestant Reformation came in the 1500s, many of the Waldensians joined. The bulk of them adopted [[Calvinism]]. There is still a Waldensian movement surviving in [[Italy]] to this day. In 1975 it merged with the Methodist Church, creating a new body that today holds membership in the World Council of Churches and several international Methodist federations.
They are widely admired by Protestants as forerunners of the Reformation, even by those Protestant groups that do not directly descend from them. When the Protestant Reformation came in the 1500s, many of the Waldensians joined. The bulk of them adopted [[Calvinism]]. There is still a Waldensian movement surviving in [[Italy]] to this day. In 1975 it merged with the Methodist Church, creating a new body that today holds membership in the World Council of Churches and several international Methodist federations.
See also [[The Waldensian Confession of Faith]] which they adopted.
==See also==
*[[The Waldensian Confession of Faith]], which they adopted.
==External links==
*[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Waldenses Waldenses] on ''Encyclopædia Britannica''
*[http://www.xenos.org/essays/waldensian-movement-waldo-reformation The Waldensian Movement From Waldo to the Reformation], by Dennis McCallum
*[http://www.waldensian.org/3-history/ History] on the ''American Waldensian Society''
*[http://reformationsa.org/index.php/reformation/120-the-waldensians-1140-1218 The Waldensians - Firm and Faithful Alpine Fighters(1140 - 1218)] on ''Reformationsa.org''
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