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15th Century Picardian Waldenses Sabbatarians

Tourlupins. . . . upheld that the Saturday must be celebrated instead of Sunday ...

- Jean Baptiste François Hennebert, Histoire Générale De la Province d'Artois T. 3, p. 348

15th Century Picardian Waldenses Sabbatarians Beuzart

They. . . celebrated the sabbath instead of Sunday ...

- Paul Beuzart, Les Hérésies Pendant Le Moyen Age ET la Réforme Jusqua la Mort de Philippe II, 1912, p 47

Saint Ambrose, “When in Rome. . .”

I do not fast on the sabbath day: when I am at Rome, I fast; and to whatever Church you come, observe its customs, if you do not wish either to make, or to suffer scandal.

- Sacri Canonis Misse Expositio in Alma Uniuersitate Tüwingeli Ordinarie Lecta, 1499

Sabbath Keeping Lollards in 1402

Johan Seygno also, in spite of the fact that he had been in the church . . . expressly held then and there that the Sabbath was to be observed, according to which was observed in the Old Testament, and I will say that he wanted to observe this kind of Sabbath described in the old law; according to the custom and rite of the Jews ...

- David Wilkins, Concilia Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae, 1737

15th Century Waldenses Martyrs

They celebrated their Sabbath on Saturday ...

- Paul Beuzart, Les Hérésies Pendant Le Moyen Age ET la Réforme Jusqua la Mort de Philippe II, 1912, p 476

Sunday Laws, Universal ID, City Dwelling

"They are to be forbidden to buy ecclesiastical books, chalices, crosses and other ornaments of churches under pain of the loss of the object, or to accept them in pledge under pain of the loss of the money that they lent. They are to be compelled, under severe penalties, to wear some garment whereby they can be clearly distinguished from Christians. In order to prevent too much , they should be made to dwell in areas, in the cities and towns, which are apart from the dwellings of Christians and as far distant as possible from churches. On Sundays and other solemn festivals they should not dare to have their shops open or to work in public."

- Council of Basel Session 19 September 7th 1434

Hundreds of Sabbatarian Waldenses Arrested

We did, indeed, rest and attend to divine worship upon the seventh day, even as God commanded.

- Anthony Ferrar, Jean de Borgen, Matthew Hainer, Auguste Rivera, Philippe Nicola, Henri Maison