Talk:Peter Waldo

Radical
Is it possible to remove the word "radical" from the description of Peter Waldo? It's a bit judgemental to say the least, and serves no purpose in describing the man or his message, whatever it may have been; and if not much is know about what his message was, then calling it "radical" is not useful at all.Bob em 13:38, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

-I think you misunderstand the context in which the word "radical" is being used. During the late middle ages, a "radical" was simply one who practiced christianity outside the approval of the Catholic Church. The phrase is not offensive in the least, and similar to the way modern academia uses "heresy". Though you are correct in saying that it is irrelevant to Waldo's message, it is very relevant in that defines his stature as a political/religious pariah. Oreo57 (talk) 23:46, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

capitalization
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proven%C3%A7al. The page has "provençal" but if it's a proper name of a language, (could someone check if it's referring to the proper "Provençal"), then shouldn't it be capitalized? tooMuchData 18:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

"Lyons"
This is most probably a misspelling of the name of the city of Lyon. The spelling can be found in a few secondary sources ("Councils of Lyons"/"First Council of Lyons"/"The Poor Men of Lyons", etc.) but there is no evidence that "Lyons" could be a legitimate historical alternate to the old and official city name, i.e. Lyon. Most likely "Lyons" is a simple misspelling that is perpetuating itself. My advice is to correct it.

- the Wikipedia article on Lyon says, "rarely spelled in English as Lyons" - I changed Lyons to Lyon in the article except where referring to the Poor Men of Lyons as this usage is supported in the references - cheers - Epinoia (talk) 16:32, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

New York???
The reference to selling women in New York does not appear in the source cited, and is an impossibility since Waldo lived long before New York existed. I will remove the sentence. Innerkip (talk) 16:59, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

First Name
There seems to be some suggestion that the name 'Peter' only appears in sources several hundred years after Valdes's death, and as such it's a little unclear that this was actually his name. Since it's widely recognised, the name should still appear in the introduction, but it does seem a stretch to put it on the title of the page itself. Wyndlake (talk) 12:57, 2 March 2012 (UTC)Wyndlake

Took out French(?) translation of Peter Waldo's name
Took out French(?) translation of Peter Waldo's name lest we have to also list his Lyonese, Italian, Latin translations of his name and so forth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.65.142.56 (talk) 05:03, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Many in churchdom believe the etymology of the Waldesians goes back to their valleys and not hundreds of years later after this misterious Waldo
No excuse not to mention it in this article - there is enough written historical stuff out about the aforesaid. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.69.57.38 (talk) 10:56, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * This is discussed in detail on the Waldensians article. Perhaps a sentence could be included here.-- 3family6 ( Talk to me   &#124;  See what I have done  ) 21:42, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Complete bollocks no evidence of birth, death or parentage, at the most he may have existed as the founder of Poor Men of Lyons but nothing exists about them either. Truth is beginning to filter through as many Waldenses are being dna tested and revealing Jewish origins the funniest part of this fictious character invented by a desperate Catholic church is the only supposed signed document by him of his faith sounding like he is a Catholic thank God for dna technology — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.191.252.228 (talk) 06:34, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Ian.thomson (talk) 06:58, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Merger into Protestant movements
The Waldensians were not all merged into mainstream Protestant groups. Some remain separate. This should be noted.Royalcourtier (talk) 21:15, 10 January 2017 (UTC)