This is a newly typeset edition of a nineteenth century history of the Waldensian movement which the authors credit with guarding the flame of primitive Christianity against corruptions instituted by Papal authority.

This book contains the classic teaching of the Protestant Reformation regarding the Antichrist (an integral part of that Reformation, we might add--as all the Reformed creeds and confessions attest).

Originally published anonymously, it was later revealed that this classic work of political fiction was penned by Henry Brooks Adams, the renowned essayist and journalist best known for the autobiography The Education of Henry Adams.