The Waldensians (also known as the Waldenses or Vaudois) are a sect of Christians from the Piedmont Valley whose origins are still debated. Some believe they formed in the Middle Ages, following a street merchant and preacher named Peter Waldo around the year 1170. Others claim that Waldensian church history can be traced back to the Apostles. What is known for sure is that their religious practices and beliefs preceded, and mirrored, those of the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. But at the heart of Waldensian history is the story of their survival through centuries of persecution and martyrdom.

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The writer of the following treatises, Jean Rodolphe Peyran, was a native of the valleys of Piedmont, where both his father and grandfather had been raised in the office of Moderator of the Waldensian Church. Like them, he served as a pastor and in the office of the moderator. This collection of his treatises, translated into English, covers Waldensian Church history, provides biographical sketches of some of the Waldensian Church’s most important leaders, connects the principles of the Waldensian Church with those of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, documents that the ancient Waldenses perpetuated an episcopal form of Church government, and more.