155 APPENDIX. Chronological Table of a few eminent persons and remarkable events in the History of the Waldenses. The title of Cathari, or, The Pure, corresponding with the English term Puritan, it would appear, was first given to the followers of Novation, a Romish pastor, who resisted the Papal' corruptions, Sylvester, Bishop of Rome, whose haughty conduct is said to have been the cause of the first protest of the churches of the valleys, Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, protests against the Romish superstitions, Nine bishops rejected the communion of the Pope as heretical in 553, or Paulinas, Bishop of Aquileia, condemns the decrees of the second Council of Nice, Claude, Bishop of Turin, and of the valleys of Piedmont, combats the idolatries of Rome, The Paterines were numerous at Milan in 1026, and A. D. 251 314 374 590 787 817 1040 The Noble Lesson, written by a Waldensian pastor, A Treatise against Antichrist, written by another Waldensian pastor, Evervinus writes to St. Bernard against the Waldenses, Some of the Cathari are persecuted Waldenses, Pope Lucius III. publishes an edict against them, Another edict, published against them by Ildefonsus, King of Arragon, Inquisition established for the suppression of the Waldenses, Council of Lateran against heretics, Bull of Pope John XXII. against the Waldenses, Suppression of the Waldensian churches in France from 1230 to Walter Lollard, a Vaudois pastor, burnt at Cologne, Bull of Pope Clement VII. against the Vaudois, The first severe persecution against the Waldenses in the valleys of Pragela and Perosa, Bull of Innocent VIII. against the inhabitants of the valleys, Articles of Faith drawn A. D. 1100 1120 1140 1159 1160 1181 1194 1204 1215 1332 1350 1350 1370 1400 1487 up and pre A. D. sented by the Waldenses to Francis I. 1544 Persecution by Emanuel, Duke of Savoy, Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, issues an edict in favour of the Waldenses, Another persecution by Emanuel Philibert, Decree of Charles Emanuel in their favour, Charles Emanuel persecutes them, He issues a new edict in their favour, 1560 1561 1565 1582 1602 1608 Again subjects them to persecution, 1622 Ambassadors sent from England to intercede for the Vaudois, 1627 and 1629 Victor Amadeus I. publishes an edict in their favour, The same Victor Amadeus perse 1635 cutes them, 1636 Charles Emanuel II. issues a decree in their favour, 1653 Emanuel, Dreadful persecution by Charles Contribution raised in England, in behalf of the Vaudois, Persecution, massacre, and banish ment of the Vaudois by Victor Amadeus II. Three thousand of them take refuge in Switzerland and other countries, 0 1686 1687 March of the exiles under Henri Arnaud to recover Piedmont A. D. 1689 the Vaudois, A general collection throughout England in their behalf, The pension from England disconti nued, Piedmont falls under the yoke of France, The King of Sardinia restored to his throne, and annuls the laws in favour of the Waldenses which had been granted by Napoleon, 1800 1814 1730 1768 1797 WM |