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  ALBI - LoveToKnow Article on ALBI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In addition to the formations mentioned.above, the following representatives of the Albian stage are worthy of notice: the gaize and phosphatic beds of Argonne and Bray in France; the Flammenmergel of North Germany; the lignites df Utrillas in Spain; the Upper Sandstones of Nubia, and the Fredericksburg beds of North America.
This name appears to have been given to them at the end of the i2th century, and was used in 1181 by the chronicler Geoffrey de Vigeois.
The few isolated successes of the abbot of Clairvaux could not obscure the real results of this mission, and the meeting at Lombers in 1165 of a synod, where Catholic; priests had ta submit to a discussion with Catharist doctors, well.shows the power of the sect in the south of France at that period.
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 Cathari
Some of the members were seized by the Bishop of Asti and a number of noblemen of the neighbourhood, and, on their refusal to retract, were burned.
The Catharist system was a simultaneous attack on the Catholic Church and the then existing State.
This annihilation was the direct consequence of the Catharist doctrine, that all intercourse between the sexes ought to be avoided and that suicide or the Endura, under certain circumstances, is not only lawful but commendable.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/cathari.html   (2720 words)

  
 Big areas: Midi-Pyrénées   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The castle of Montsegur which dominates the green valleys of Ariege from a rocky peak was a symbol of Catharist resistance against the Crusades and Inquisitors.
It was here that the Lord of Pereille, on the request of the Catharist church, built a new castle in 1204 on the ruins of the previous fortress.
The date was 7th March 1244 and at least 215 chose to be burnt at the stake; both men and women, nobles and plebs, and the entire hierarchy of the Catharist church died in the flames.
www.viaoccitanacatalana.org /zone/zone_dettaglio_mid_ing.asp?offset=9&IDrecord=111   (744 words)

  
 Big areas: Languedoc/Roussillon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Arques castle situated on the borders of a beautiful village rich in history, is one of the few buildings of its type, built entirely by the French after the crusades.
Arques in fact housed an active community of heretics from 1300 onwards, from the Ariège area, who were involved in re-launching the Catharist church, inspired by the Authié brothers.
One of the individuals who, together with René Nelli, was responsible for bringing the Catharist era to life, and relegating it from the realms of oblivion into which it had fallen.
www.viaoccitanacatalana.org /zone/zone_dettaglio_ros_ing.asp?offset=3   (417 words)

  
 ALBIGONSES - LoveToKnow Article on ALBIGONSES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The sect, moreover, was exhausted and could find no more adepts in a district which, by fair means or foul, had arrived at a state of peace and political and religious unity.
After 1330 the records of the Inquisition contain but few proceedings against Catharists.
On the ethics of the Catharists, see Jean Guiraud, Questions d'kistoire et d'archeologie chretienne (Paris, 1906); and P. Alphandery, Les idees morales chez les heterodoxes latins au debut du XIII* siecle (Paris, 1963).
www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALBIGONSES.htm   (1962 words)

  
 ALBIGENSES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
What is certain is that, above all, they formed an anti-sacerdotal party in permanent opposition to the Roman church, and raised a continued protest against the corruption of the clergy of their time.
The few isolated successes of the abbot of Clairvaux could not obscure the real results of this mission, and the meeting at Lombers in 1165 of a synod, where Catholic priests had to submit to a discussion with Catharist doctors, well shows the power of the sect in the south of France at that period.
two years afterwards a Catharist synod, in which heretics from Languedoc, Bulgaria and Italy took part, was held at St Felix de Caraman, near Toulouse, and their deliberations were undisturbed.
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 Otto Rahn
Rahn was obsessed with two ideas--the Holy Grail and the Cathars, medieval French heretics; while in college, he had intended to write a dissertation on the hypothetical Kyot, the supposed troubador who gave Wolfram von Eschenbach the story of Parzival.
In 1929, he made a special trip to the Languedoc region of Southern France, a hotbed of Catharist activities in the thirteenth century.
In 1937, he wrote a second book--Luzifers Hofgesind ("Lucifer's Courtiers"), based upon his Catharist research, and a trip made to Iceland to study the Eddas.
www.maryjones.us /jce/rahn.html   (608 words)

  
 Cathar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They did not believe in the doctrine of the Trinity claiming it was an invention of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Catharist concept of Jesus resembled modalistic monarchianism in the West and adoptionism in the East.
The Western concept resembled the Oneness doctrine of the nature of God taught by Oneness Pentecostals and Swedenborgians today.
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 ALBIAN (Fr. Albien, from Alba = Aube in France) - Encyclopedia Britannica - ALBIAN (Fr. Albien, from Alba = Aube in ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This name appears to have been given to them at the end of the 12th century, and was used in 1181 by the chronicler Geoffroy de Vigeois.
had to submit to a discussion with Catharist doctors, well shows the power of the sect in the south of France at that period.
There were some recrudescences of heresy, such as that produced by the preaching (1298-1309) of the Catharist minister, Pierre Authier; the people, too, made some attempts to throw off the yoke of the Inquisition and the French,' and insurrections broke out under the leadership of
www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/AJA_ALL/ALBIAN_Fr_Albien_from_Alba_Aub.html   (1759 words)

  
 character - Alejandro
Over the span of a week, Alejandro also found himself intensely sexually attracted to Maria, and after he thought he was about to successfully bed her, she brutally beat him in his apartment and took him to a nearby cemetary where he was inducted into the Glorious Sabbat.
Maria’s sire, Ramirez De Leon, the priest and leader of the pack, was also a Catharist, as were the majority of the pack members.
In 1976, Maria began doubting her beliefs as a Catharist and her abilities as a Priest.
webpages.charter.net /grimler/rpg/vampire/alejandro.html   (2153 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Inquisition
Other Catharists, in spite of the archbishop's intervention, were given their choice by the magistrates of Milan between doing homage to the Cross and mounting the pyre.
In 1144 Adalerbo II of Liège hoped to bring some imprisoned Catharists to better knowledge through the grace of God, but the people, less indulgent, assailed the unhappy creatures and only with the greatest trouble did the bishop succeed in rescuing some of them from death by fire.
Whether they be convicted of error, or freely confess their guilt, Catharists are not to be put to death, at least not when they refrain from armed assaults upon the Church.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08026a.htm   (12704 words)

  
 ORMUS and the Grail Chalice: THE GRAIL CHALICE::::Purity of Essence.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The idea of the entry of Jesus by the ear of the Virgin is found in ancient liturgies and among the orthodox Church Fathers.
This is as far as the Book of John takes us in explaining the Catharist view of the Universe, of the origin of evil, the nature of man, and the mission of Christ.
While the Catharist tradition is connected to the Story-proper, it is a second to third-hand association.
www.antiqillum.com /texts/bg/Qadosh/qadosh087.htm   (7356 words)

  
 Albigenses --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
The Albigensian theologians and ascetics, known in the south of France as bons hommes or bons chrétiens, were always few in number.
Protected by William IX, duke of Aquitaine, and soon by a great part of the southern nobility, the movement gained ground in the south, and in 1119 the Council of Toulouse in vain ordered the secular powers to assist the ecclesiastical authority in quelling the heresy.
the heretics—especially the Catharist heretics—of 12th–13th-century southern France.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9005454   (487 words)

  
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They think the Catharists were twelfth-century Fundamentalists and that Catholics did to them what they would do to Fundamentalists today if they had the means.
Fundamentalist writers take one point--that Catharists used a vernacular version of the Bible--and conclude from it that these people were, well, "Bible Christians." In fact, they were not Christians at all.
The Catharists believed in two Gods: the "good" God of the New Testament, who sent Jesus to save our souls from being trapped in matter; and the "evil" God of the Old Testament, who created the material world in the first place.
www.hollyfeld.org /heaven/Text/Coe/Friend/txt.inquisition   (2021 words)

  
 Beziers_Hist2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The name, apparently given to them at the end of the 12th century, is hardly exact, for the movement centred around Toulouse and in the nearby districts rather than in the city of Albi (ancient Albiga) itself.
The Albigensian theologians and ascetics, known in the south of France (Languedoc) as bons hommes or bons chrétiens, were always few in number.
The first Catharist heretics appeared in Limousin (west central France) between 1012 and 1020.
www.magma.ca /~kjmac/Beziers_Hist2a.html   (373 words)

  
 Hotelspromotion - Desenzano
The parish church of Desenzano, one of the first Christian churches on Lake Garda, was at first dependent on Verona, then it came under the civil jurisdiction of Brescia in 1192, later, in 1220 it became part of the Confalonieri family's estates.
Around 1170 Niceta brought the Catharist heresy to these parts: Sirmione and Desenzano, which also had a Catharist theologian and bishop, became the central points of diffusion until the interventian of the Inquisition in 1276.
During the dispute between the Guelphs and Ghibellines the latter found refuge in the castle at Desenzano but in the end they were defeated.
www.hotelspromotion.com /eng/docs/eng/storiadese_eng.htm   (427 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
One was instituted in southern France in 1184 in response to the Catharist heresy.
They identify themselves with the Catharists (also known as the Albigensians), or perhaps it is better to say they identify the Catharists with themselves.
In addition, ritualistic suicide was encouraged (those who wouldn’t take their own lives were “helped” along) and Catharists refused to take oaths; in feudal society this meant they opposed all governmental authority.
www.credopub.com /archives/1999/iss19990920/19990920p11.htm   (998 words)

  
 Les éditions Fragile
DESCRIPTION : A synthesized monograph of the last refuge of the Catharist Church and a detailed account of the siege which ended in the surrender and burning at the stake of the last "Perfecti".
The present castle, in no way of Catharist origin, dates from the reign of Saint Louis.
This monograph consists of a precise historical account and a description whose numbered parts refer to a superb birdseye view and a plan.
www.premiumwanadoo.com /fragile/GB/COLLECTIONS/MDP/MDP-MTSGB.html   (186 words)

  
 Dragnet (This Rock: May 1997)
Although clearly a "revival" group, this new crop of Catharists lays claim to the history of the medieval heretics, also known as Albigensians.
Catharist beliefs have much in common with Manichaeanism.
Catharists have only one sacrament, called consolamentum, and they reject baptism and Eucharist.
www.catholic.com /thisrock/1997/9705drag.asp   (1898 words)

  
 The Inquisition
They think the Catharists were twelfth-century Fundamentalists and that Catholics did to them what they would do to Fundamentalists today if they had the political strength they once had.
Fundamentalist writers take one point—that Catharists used a vernacular version of the Bible—and conclude from it that these people were "Bible Christians." In fact, theirs was a curious religion that apparently (no one knows for certain) came to France from what is now Bulgaria.
In addition, ritualistic suicide was encouraged (those who would not take their own lives were frequently "helped" along), and Catharists refused to take oaths, which, in a feudal society, meant they opposed all governmental authority.
www.catholic.com /library/inquisition.asp   (2031 words)

  
 Cathar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
What is certain is they formed an anti- sacerdotal party in opposition to the Roman and raised a continued protest against the of the clergy.
Several were discovered and put to at Toulouse in 1022.
The was exhausted and could find no more and after 1330 the records of the contain few proceedings against Catharists.
www.freeglossary.com /Cathar   (1860 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The cruelty and bloodthirstiness of the Empress Theo- dora.—The free state and city of Tephrice……………..… 25 SECTION V. The Sclavonic development of the Catharist or Paulician churches.—Bulgaria, Bosnia, and Servia its principal seats.—Euchites, Massalians, and Bogomils.....…………..
This holy baptism, by which the Holy Spirit is given, the church of God has had it from the apostles until now, and it has come down from bons hommes to bons hommes, and will do so to the end of the world.” We do not attach much importance to this manuscript.
They and all the earlier Catharists utterly repudiated the practice of speaking of the evangelists or apostles, or indeed any one else, as saintsas, for instance, St. Paul, St. John, etc.; and this was one of the accusations brought against them by their enemies.
elbourne.org /baptist/ofbl_docs/Thebog~1.doc   (13601 words)

  
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Scholars are certainly not limited to one influence, but may instead mix and match any together to arrive at their personal conclusion: Garanimals for the educated.
the Catharist heresy and courtly love developed simultaneous in the twelfth century and also coincided spatially in the south of France.
Already by the end of the eighth century some of the poets at the court of baghdad were devoting their muse exclusively to this art of love [italics added]."
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 THE BOGOMILS OF BULGARIA AND BOSNIA
SECTION V. The Sclavonic development of the Catharist or Paulician churches.—Bulgaria, Bosnia, and Servia its principal seats.—Euchites, Massalians, and Bogomils.
They believed also that these churches were essentially Baptist in their character, and some of them made extensive researches among the works of secular and ecclesiastical historians of the early centuries to find tangible proofs to sustain their conviction.
The free state of Tephrice declined for some years, and finally became extinct by the emigration of most of its inhabitants and the surrender of the remainder to the Saracens.
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 Himàlaia Hotels
Our guides will take you on visits to the most emblematic monuments of this rich architectural and cultural heritage.
Catharist and medieval castles of l'Ariège and French Cerdagne
Military architectures par excellence, symbols of the resistance of the southern counts and the Catharist church against the army of the king of France and the "official" church, the Catharist castles continue to preside over a majestic landscape in the foothills of the Pyrenees.
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 Fantastic Metropolis » Every Thing Possible To Be Believ’d Is an Image of Truth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Obviously, a Manichæan, forgetful of the idea that matter was as much the creation of the good god as spirit, would find the idea of trying to cast God as an emanation of an earthly Head of the Church to be anathema, an exaltation of the demiurgic Samael spirit.
In essence, beyond the fear of losing the power of exorcism, the Papacy could be seen here as worried about losing their monopoly on mysticism and spiritualism: the Cathars’ ideas were not the real heresy, being rooted in the same gospels (and secret gospels) that were used to keep mystics like Honorius in power.
Meanwhile, those groups they most savagely attacked were either the Arabic possessors of Jerusalem (from whence Gerbert’s wisdom derived) or the Catharist inheritors of the idea of opposite forces.
www.fantasticmetropolis.com /i/cathar-3/2   (364 words)

  
 Inquisition
At the least, it is a handy stick with which to engage in Catholic-bashing, because most Catholics seem at a loss for a sensible reply.
The first was established in 1184 in southern France as a response to the Catharist heresy.
This was known as the Medieval Inquisition, and it was phased out as Catharism disappeared.
www.geocities.com /junmeskie/Inquisition.html   (903 words)

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