Although the Waldenses were banished from the diocese of Lyons and hounded out of the city, it seems that the initial condemnation was to some extent theoretical.
पुष्कळ सामान्य लोक वॉल्देन्सेसच्या प्रामाणिकतेचे आणि राहणीचे कौतुक करायचे आणि बिशपांनी देखील त्यांच्याशी बोलणे थांबवले नाही.