Peter Waldo in France
(c. AD 1140 – c. AD 1205)
The Secretly-Growing Seed
Luke 8:13 “The seed is the word of God.”
Jas 1:21 “Receive the word implanted …”
1 Pet 1:22-25 “born again: imperishable seed”
Marsilius de Padua
(AD 1275 – 1343)
What happened to the seed?
Did Christianity die as a result of the apostasy?
When church leaders rejected truth in favor of
their own traditions, rules, and creeds …
When people blindly followed them …
Did the seed die – or go dormant underground?
Mark 4:26-32
AD 1054 – The Great Schism
Eastern Orthodox and Western (Roman) Catholic
William of Occam, in England
(c. AD 1300-1349)
The patriarch of Constantinople rejected the
Pope as head of the universal “Catholic” church.
Eastern Orthodox church –
Required marriage of church leaders.
Rejected sprinkling; immersed infants.
Rejected statues as “graven images;” used icons
or religious pictures instead.
Rejected instrumental music.
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John Wycliffe, in England
(AD 1324-1384)
John Huss in Bohemia
(AD 1373-1415)
Jerome Savonarola in Italy
(AD 1452-1498)
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