....".....An army of over 18,000 men, looking forward to victory and plunder, marched into the valleys to wage war against the saints of God.
The large and fierce army marched into the valleys. The general in charge decided to split his force and storm all of the mountain villages at the same time. It was the battle of David and Goliath.
Goliath was Rome, armed with swords and spears, versus David, the poor humble Waldensians who fought with bows and arrows.
Isaiah 54:17 The Lord told His people, "NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST THEE SHALL PROSPER."
The invasion broke up in disarray. One of the leaders of the soldiers of the invading army was called "Nero of Mondovi". He and his men managed to get to the top of a ridge. When the Waldensians assembled there saw him, they fell on their knees in prayer.
Nero of Mondovi mocked then. He thought they were already conquered. He lifted the visor on his helmet, in order to laugh at them with greater ease, and shouted "you shall be saved with a vengeance.!"
At that moment a Waldensian arrow, fired by an anonymous "David, pierced his forehead, killing this "Goliath."
His army fled in disorganized retreat, getting lost in the unfamiliar terrain, and falling to their deaths over the slippery mountain slopes.
Charles 1, Duke of Savoy, withdrew his support from the expedition. The pope's representative, called the Papal Legate, was sent away having been told the mission was complete.
Then a representative of the House of Savoy met with the Waldensian Barbas, to assure them that the war against them was over. During this meeting, he met some Waldensian children. He exclaimed in surprise, "Is it possible that these are the children of heretics?" His surprise was due to the fact that he had been told that the Waldensian "heretics" were monsters born with black throats and a horn in their forehead. It was attitudes like that, that earned that time of history the name "Dark Ages." ... " ...
The large and fierce army marched into the valleys. The general in charge decided to split his force and storm all of the mountain villages at the same time. It was the battle of David and Goliath.
Goliath was Rome, armed with swords and spears, versus David, the poor humble Waldensians who fought with bows and arrows.
Isaiah 54:17 The Lord told His people, "NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST THEE SHALL PROSPER."
The invasion broke up in disarray. One of the leaders of the soldiers of the invading army was called "Nero of Mondovi". He and his men managed to get to the top of a ridge. When the Waldensians assembled there saw him, they fell on their knees in prayer.
Nero of Mondovi mocked then. He thought they were already conquered. He lifted the visor on his helmet, in order to laugh at them with greater ease, and shouted "you shall be saved with a vengeance.!"
At that moment a Waldensian arrow, fired by an anonymous "David, pierced his forehead, killing this "Goliath."
His army fled in disorganized retreat, getting lost in the unfamiliar terrain, and falling to their deaths over the slippery mountain slopes.
Charles 1, Duke of Savoy, withdrew his support from the expedition. The pope's representative, called the Papal Legate, was sent away having been told the mission was complete.
Then a representative of the House of Savoy met with the Waldensian Barbas, to assure them that the war against them was over. During this meeting, he met some Waldensian children. He exclaimed in surprise, "Is it possible that these are the children of heretics?" His surprise was due to the fact that he had been told that the Waldensian "heretics" were monsters born with black throats and a horn in their forehead. It was attitudes like that, that earned that time of history the name "Dark Ages." ... " ...
