Lesson 24 The "Christian" Middle Ages: The Waldensians and the Silver Line of Truth, Part 3

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Answering the Broadbent Question

During the teaching of this lesson a question was raised regarding the reliability of Broadbent as a historian. The following sources were used by Broadbent when writing Chapter 5 of The Pilgrim Church. Read Broadbent and his sources for yourself.

The Pilgrim Church by E.H. Broadbent

Facts and Documents Illustrative of the History, Doctrine, and Rites of the Ancient Albegenses and Waldenses by S.R. Maitland

The History of the Ancient Vallenses and Albegenses by George Stanley Faber

Additional Supplement Resources

The Waldensian Dissent: Persecution and Survival 1170-1570 by Gabriel Audisio

Reinarius Saccho, Of the Sects of the Modern Heretics 1254

Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe: Documents in Translation by Edward Peters

History of the Waldenses of Italy: From Their Origin to the Reformation by Emilio Comba

Medieval Heresy: Popular Movements From the Gergorian Reform to the Reformation by Malcom Lambert

The History of the Evangelical Churches of the Valleys of the Piedmont Samuel Moreland

The Origin, Persecutions, and Doctrines of the Waldenses: From Documents Many Now Collected and Edited by Pius Meliva

Lesson 23 The "Christian" Middle Ages: Bogomils, Cathars and the Silver Line of Truth, Part 2

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Supplemental Resources

The Pilgrim Church, Chapter III "Paulicians and Bogomils by E.H. Braodbent

The Bogomils: A Study in Balkan Neo-Manichanism by Dimitri Obolensky

Lesson 22 The "Christian" Middle Ages: The Paulicians and the Silver Line of Truth

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Supplemental Resources

Read some of the main sources used to teach this lesson for yourself.

August Neander. General History of the Christian Religion and Church, Volume III see pages 263-287

Philip Schaff. History of the Christian Church, Volume IV, Chapter XII Heretical Sects The Paulicians


Edward Gibbon. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter LIV

The Pilgrim Church, Chapter III "Pauliciansa and Bogomils" by E.H. Broadbent

Lesson 21 The "Christian" Middle Ages: Brief History of the Early Middle Ages

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To read my masters essay on The Battle of Tours click here.

Supplemental Resources

View the video on the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca referenced during my lesson by watching the videos below

History Channel's Inside Islam. Follow the links to the video windows on YouTube to view the rest of this program.

Lesson 20 The "Christian" Middle Ages: The True Identity of the Catholic Church

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