From Great Controvercy 1911-p-65
(probably little if any difference in wording from earlier editions of GC.)
"The Waldenses were among the first of the peoples of Europe to obtain a translation of the Holy Scriptures. (See Appendix.)
Hundreds of years before the Reformation they possessed the Bible in manuscript in their native tongue. They had the truth unadulterated, and this rendered them the special objects of hatred and persecution. They declared the Church of Rome to be the apostate Babylon of the Apocalypse, and at the peril of their lives they stood up to resist her corruptions. While, under the pressure of long-continued persecution, some compromised their faith, little by little yielding its distinctive principles, others held fast the truth. Through ages of darkness and apostasy there were Waldenses who denied the supremacy of Rome, who rejected image worship as idolatry, and who kept the true Sabbath. Under the fiercest tempests of opposition they maintained their faith. Though gashed by the Savoyard spear, and scorched by the Romish fagot, they stood unflinchingly for God's word and His honor. {GC 65.2}
Behind the lofty bulwarks of the mountains--in all ages the refuge of the persecuted and oppressed--the Waldenses
found a hiding place. Here the light of truth was kept burning amid the darkness of the Middle Ages. Here, for a thousand years, witnesses for the truth maintained the ancient faith. {GC 65.3}
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Not all Waldenses were Sabbath keepers nor were Sunday keepers. Those who held on to the Sabbath vs Sunday hallowing & worship suffered a scism. One group moved ideologically closer to Rome & one further away.
I recommend going to the best EGW data base available to you & typing in Walden* . I got 121 quotes with a lot of clarification reguarding the Waldenses & relegious circumstances then.
Also the ministry of LLT is that of a denomination supportive SDA group of people lead by Pat Arribito, Jim Arribito's widow.
Jim was an ardent SDA, with family ties in the Ministry & sucessful SDA evangelistic crusades been done by himself also.
LLT works in harmony with the GC, NAD, local conferences, and in co-operation with Amazing Facts, ASI, and many others to name a few. LLT is a self-supporting SDA Ministry that I have watched the fruits of almost as long as I have been SDA. Should I seem so consistant.
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Edward F. Sutton
[This message has been edited by Edward F. Sutton (edited August 26, 2000).]
