They taught that salvation cannot be merited by good works [and] that salvation is by God’s grace through faith alone. We often think that Luther is the one who came up with that idea and that it had not been taught by the Catholic Church or anyone between Paul and Luther. At least, that’s a very common Protestant belief. However, the Waldensians believed that salvation is by grace through faith alone and not by works. They also taught the priesthood of every believer—that every believer can go directly