CONTENTS.
| INTRODUCTORY NOTICE. | |
| PAGE | |
| Necessity of previous knowledge—Geography—Climate—Scenery—Love of country—Sacrifices made to procure education | 15 |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| THE EARLY WALDENSIAN CHURCH. | |
| Opinions relating to the antiquity of the Vaudois Church—Sources of information—Two opinions—Its derivation from the apostles, and pure descent to the present time—Supposition of its having received its name and origin from Peter Waldo—The Vaudois Church part of the ancient Italian Church—Life of Claude, Archbishop of Turin | 25 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE TEACHING CHURCH. | |
| Dissolving views—College of Pra del Tor—Barbes and their scholars—Teaching strictly evangelical—Character of the Barbes—Word of God generally studied—MSS. given by Léger to Cromwell’s ambassador—Some preserved at Geneva—Noble lesson—Summary of the belief of the Vaudois Church—Ordination past and present—Biographical sketch of Peter Waldo | 37 |
