A scene of humble Waldensian Christians worshiping in a cave as they were being attacked by Catholic soldiers. "The papists took care after every mission of persecution to destroy as much of the Waldensian literature as possible". Bompian, A Short History of the Italian Waldenses, p.56 "The inquisitors... declare that the sign of a Vaudois (Waldenser) deemed worthy of death was that he followed Christ and sought to obey the commandments of God." H.C. Lea, History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages, Vol.1 [previous document] [back to Index] [next document] [Approaching the End] .