(Sicily, Saturday, February 26, 2011)
Riesi. Has unfolded yesterday in Palermo at the Hall of the Waldensian Church of the spice route presentation of the book The People of the Bible. History of the Waldenses and martyrdom "(Ed. La Zisa) Theodore Balma. The latter, Waldensian pastor, theologian, journalist and writer, born in 1907 and died in 1994, has carried out his pastoral activities not only in Naples, Catania, Venice and Turin, but at Riesi where he was able to leave a mark important part of his pastoral experience. To introduce the work of presentation of the work was Joseph Ficara, pastor and member of the Tavola Valdese. It 'also spoke Bruno Di Maio, head of ecumenical activities of the Secretariat of the Archdiocese of Palermo, Francesco Michele Stabile, historian and lecturer at the Theological Faculty of Sicily, Palermo Daniele, president of the evangelical culture, "James Bonelli. Work, that of Theodore Balma that is a true hymn to freedom, strong defense of its ideals, tolerance, human dignity, seen through the story of the Waldensians ultrasecolari and dramatic, the first and only religious reform movement, which arose in the Middle Ages and has come down to today. The stories told and the characters mark the key stages of a long process of religious democracy still largely unsolved, today, is no longer only the cult Valdese, but each loan.
Riesi. Has unfolded yesterday in Palermo at the Hall of the Waldensian Church of the spice route presentation of the book The People of the Bible. History of the Waldenses and martyrdom "(Ed. La Zisa) Theodore Balma. The latter, Waldensian pastor, theologian, journalist and writer, born in 1907 and died in 1994, has carried out his pastoral activities not only in Naples, Catania, Venice and Turin, but at Riesi where he was able to leave a mark important part of his pastoral experience. To introduce the work of presentation of the work was Joseph Ficara, pastor and member of the Tavola Valdese. It 'also spoke Bruno Di Maio, head of ecumenical activities of the Secretariat of the Archdiocese of Palermo, Francesco Michele Stabile, historian and lecturer at the Theological Faculty of Sicily, Palermo Daniele, president of the evangelical culture, "James Bonelli. Work, that of Theodore Balma that is a true hymn to freedom, strong defense of its ideals, tolerance, human dignity, seen through the story of the Waldensians ultrasecolari and dramatic, the first and only religious reform movement, which arose in the Middle Ages and has come down to today. The stories told and the characters mark the key stages of a long process of religious democracy still largely unsolved, today, is no longer only the cult Valdese, but each loan.