When the Reformation broke out, the only organised groups on the continent were the Waldensians and the later Hussites or Bohemian Brethren, both of whom the Protestants and Roman Catholics designated Waldensians (Adeney, ibid.). Thus the application of these names is inaccurate, even as late as the Reformation.
Quand nous rencontrons une déclaration Vaudoise de croyances, elle est postérieure à la Réformation et elle est caractérisée par des doctrines et des phrases distinctes de ce mouvement.