# Hans Koch And Leonhard Meister, Descendants Of The Ancient Waldenses, Both Put To Death At Augsburg, For The Truth Of The Holy Gospel, A. D. 1524.

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From A. D. 1160 until this time (A. D. 1660)
we have followed according to our ability the trail
and footsteps of the ancient Waldenses, of which
we have by no means, until this time, lost sight;
neither have we now lost sight of them, but still
keep them in view.

This appeared in the case of two pious men of
said profession (which agrees with that of the Anabaptists)
who, loving the truth of Christ, which they
maintained more than their own lives, were put to
death at Augsburg, in Germany, in accordance with
the rigor of the court, there, in the year 1524.

Concerning this, we read in Jacob Mehrning’s
History of Baptism the following words, translated
from the German: “From these Bohemian and Moravian
Old Waldensian brethren afterwards sprang
several excellent men; as, among others, Hans
Koch and Leonhard Meister, who were both put
to death at Augsburg, A. D. ——.[225](/en/stories/mm-footnotes/part-14/#Footnote_225) Bapt. Hist.,
page 748.

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Note.—The year 1160 was the time in which
Peter Waldo appeared against popery, at Lyons,
in France, and made a sound confession, of which
we gave an account in the first book. As regards
his descendants, this Hans Koch and Leonhard
Meister are counted as none of the least of them;
as also, afterwards, Michael Sattler, Leonhard Keyser,
John Hut, etc. See Jac. Mehr., Bapt. Hist.,
page 748.



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