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	Consolamentum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Consolamentum, known as heretication to its critics, was the baptismal sacrament of the Albigenses and other branches of Cathars.
		Unlike modern mainstream Christianity the Baptism that was used by the majority of Cathars did not involve water, only words, the laying on of hands, and the placing of the Gospel attributed to St-John upon the head of the consoled.
		Some historians have stated that incidences of estatic utterances during Consolamentum was actually glossolalia, or "speaking in tongues," which demanded that the rite be even more secretly guarded since this phenomenon occurring outside of the Church was considered witchcraft and was punishable by death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Consolamentum (441 words)

	Consolamentum - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Consolamentum, known as heretication to its critics, was the baptismal sacrament of the Albigensians.
		The vast majority of the population did not receive consolamentum until on the verge of death, conflating it with the Catholic last rites.
		In some communities, especially in the latter years of Albigensianism, after the taking of consolamentum the dying person had to begin a complete fast, known as the endura, essentially a form of ritual suicide ensuring their quick demise.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Consolamentum (235 words)

	Cathars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In order to liberate the soul, and thereby to achieve salvation, it was necessary to undergo a ceremony known as the consolamentum.
		Those who died without receiving the consolamentum would be reincarnated, only attaining salvation when their soul was purified of all material elements.
		During the consolamentum the candidates were baptised by the laying on of hands, signifying the presence of the Holy Spirit.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/christ/west/cathar.html (515 words)

	IDENTITIES NAMES OF CATHARS BURNT AT MONTSEGUR MARCH 16 1244
		On Wednesday, March 16, 1244, those inhabitants of Montsegur who refused to abjure the Cathar faith were burned en masse at the southern foot of the mountain.
		Received consolamentum with her mother on March 13, and subsequently burnt on March 16, 1244.
		Assisted in the consolamentum of Raymond de Ventenac, mortally wounded in 1243.
	www.russianbooks.org /montsegur/montsegur5.htm (681 words)

	Catharism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This ceremony convenenza, is known as the consolamentum and was called heretication by the Catholic Church.
		The consolamentum was both the baptism of the Holy Spirit, baptismal regeneration, absolution, and ordination all in one.
		Upon reception of the consolamentum, the new Perfectus surrendered his or her worldly goods to the community, vested himself in a simple fl robe with cord belt, and undertook a life dedicated to following the example of Christ and His Apostles — an often peripatetic life of purity, prayer, preaching and charitable work.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albigensians (4106 words)

	A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH To the Eve of the Reformation : L.7, C.4.
		But whoever received the Consolamentum took upon himself thereby lifelong obligations of a most serious character, the momentary neglect of which annulled the rite received and involved him once again in the danger he had escaped.
		Suicide was the perfect act of the true Albigensian, and in the case of those whose ability to lead the life of the Perfect was doubtful, and who had yet accepted the Consolamentum under the fear of dying suddenly without it, the Endura was forced upon them.
		Until he received the Consolamentum the Believer was bound by nothing but his own tastes, or the limits of his opportunity.
	www.franciscan-sfo.org /ap/hu/hb7-4.htm (4351 words)

	radio SAW - Superhits für Sachsen-Anhalt
		Das Consolamentum, oder auch die Geisttaufe nach Römerbrief Kapitel 1 Vers 12 und Kolosserbrief Kapitel 2 Vers 2, war der entscheidende Schritt, um Mitglied der katharischen Kirche zu werden und, wie schon angeführt, der einzige Zugang zum Heil, wobei Frauen sowie Männern das Consolamentum erteilt werden konnte.
		Die Vergabe des Consolamentums wurde in einem feierlichen Akt vollzogen, an dem, unter der Leitung des Bischofs oder des ältesten Katharers der Gemeinde oder der Umgebung, alle Katharer teilnahmen, die das Consolamentum schon erhalten hatten.
		Frauen konnten, ebenso wie Männer, das Consolamentum erhalten, um gerettet zu werden.
	www.radiosaw.de /start.php?wikipedia,wiki/Katharer (2945 words)

	The Cathars: Cathar Beliefs: Ceremonies: Consolamentum
		The consolamentum was a spiritual baptism, as described in the New Testament, where the Jewish practice of babtism by water was abrogated, and baptism by fire implemented.
		Only a Parfait could administer the consolamentum, which meant that every new Parfait stood at the end of a chain of predesessor Parfaits linking him or her to the apostles and to Jesus himself.
		The consolamentum was also given to sick or injured believers, in the expectation of death.
	www.languedoc-france.info /12011001_consolamentum.htm (957 words)

	Albigenses
		The bishops were chosen from among the "perfect." They had two assistants, the older and the younger son (filius major and filius minor), and were generally succeeded by the former.
		The consolamentum, or ceremony of initiation, was a sort of spiritual baptism, analogous in rite and equivalent in significance to several of the Catholic sacraments (Baptism, Penance, Order).
		The essential rite of the consolamentum was the imposition of hands.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/albigenses.html (2039 words)

	The Book by Gilles C H Nullens - Part 1: The Cathars: 1.2 Introduction to the Cathar Religion
		The Consolamentum was also the Sacrament received by a Croyant that was to become Parfait after a period of at least three years of preparation in a house of Parfaits.
		In principle a Croyant that received the Consolamentum because he or she was in danger of dying but who survived should afterwards live the life of a Parfait.
		During the persecution the Consolamentum was given in the presence of two Parfaits only and during the night to reduce the risks.
	www.nullens.org /content/view/256/49 (4205 words)

	Gadal Catharisme
		The Consolamentum or Baptism of the Spirit through the laying on of hands — the sign of initiation of the Perfects — marked the definite separation of the two principles in the candidate: Light and Darkness.
		The Consolamentum consecrates the union of the purified soul with the Spirit.
		The Consolamentum of the dying which brought them consolation and rest; it was given to all believers.
	www.gadal-catharisme.org /page_8_73_en.htm (261 words)

	"The Albigenses: Bearers of a Bygone Wisdom-Tradition" by Arne Wettermark /TITLE
		Consolamentum was the outward sign of an initiation, a transference of spiritual power, which gave entrance into knowledge of invisible worlds.
		Consolamentum was to play a decisive role during the persecution.
		The special rules regarding food and drink (refraining from animal food, etc.) applied likewise only to the so-called 'perfect.' It is worth noting also that the Cathars were zealous in their opposition to capital punishment.
	www.theosociety.org /pasadena/sunrise/23-73-4/ph-wett.htm (4525 words)

	Consolamentum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As both show, the simplest way to explain the consolamentum is as a species of spiritual baptism, given by the imposition of hands and through the holding of the Gospels above the head of the believer.
		The truth seems to be that the consolamentum changed greatly over the course of Catharism--it is not even attested among the Orleanists, who are thought by many to be the earliest known Cathars or proto-Cathars.
		In order to be given the consolamentum, the supplicant had to have undergone a strict probation to show himself or herself worthy.
	www.gnosis.org /consolamentum.html (431 words)

	Cathar Connections to Gnosticism Part 4
		Those who had undergone the ritual of consolamentum were "perfected" or "good men." There was a clear division within the faith between those who were "perfected" and those who were not.
		The bishops were assisted by two men, referred to as the "elder" and "younger son." The bishops and their "sons" travelled, preaching and baptizing throughout the countryside, while deacons supervised residences for "perfected" men and women who had undergone the consolamentum.
		The Cathars based the organization of their churches on the orthodox church, using the terms bishop and deacon in reference to their church officials.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/church_history/25222 (432 words)

	Cathar Connections to Gnosticism, Continued
		The Cathar rite of consolamentum, as previously discussed, usually combined both baptism and redemption into a single ritual.
		The consolamentum was based on earlier Bogomil rituals, which were perhaps themselves based on early gnostic rituals.
		Prior to undergoing the baptismal ritual, the believer was not entitled to call God "Father." The rite of redemption or "teleiosis" redeemed the soul and forgave sin.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/church_history/25839 (410 words)

	Christianity / baptism / consolamentum
		Unlike modern mainstream Christianity the Baptism did not involve water, only words and the Gospel attributed to St-John; according to the Cathars, the consolamentum was the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
		There was only one form of the consolamentum ceremony, though it was administered in two different circumstances.
		This allowed most believers to indulge in worldly pleasures during their life and receive absolution shortly before passing away.
	www.christianity-guide.com /christianity/consolamentum.htm (314 words)

	The Cathars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Consolamentum was also used at a time of dying and the Perfect administered the sacrament to a person close to death – on their final journey.
		If a believer didn't have chance to receive or be consoled through the Consolamentum, their soul was destined to migrate (reincarnate) back into this life again.
		As a sign of their devotion to their faith, an additional 21 credentes asked for the Consolamentum to be administered to them – an act full of courage that the Perfect must surely have felt pride and yet pity in their decision.
	homepage.eircom.net /~jayem4646/cathars.htm (9953 words)

	rettcher-world.de
		On the final Sunday of the truce, 21 Believers - some of whom had originally gone to Mont Segur merely as mercenaries to help Peter Roger* defend the castle, and all of whom had the option of going free - ask to be given the Consolamentum.
		They knew that in doing so, they were giving themselves up to the pyres already being built at the foot of the mountain.
		*Consolamentum: Cathar rite of baptism that elevated the Believer to the state of a Perfect.
	www.rettcher-world.de /40466.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (391 words)

	The Book by Gilles C H Nullens - Part 1: The Cathars: 1.1 Introduction
		During the Inquisition, these Cathars who had received the Consolamentum, the Parfaits, defied the danger and continued preaching their faith to help spiritually the believers in danger.
		That was similar to the Consolamentum at the time of death and could be received even by people having lost their faculties.
		This was an insurance to have a "bonne fin" and it avoided the temptation of coming back to the material world in case the patient was cured.
	www.nullens.org /content/view/255/68 (1579 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Consolamentum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The modern mainstream sacrement of Ordination seems to evolved from a similar early Christian practice.
		Once given the consolamentum the same rules applied to them, though obviously they were not expected to travel or preach.
		Again, the medieval mainstream sacrement of last rites appears to have evolved from something similar to the Consolamentum.
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Consolamentum (293 words)

	THE SECRET ORDINANCES OF RONCELINUS
		With the sons of Babylon, on behalf of election and Consolamentum, thou are freed.
		Ritual and Consolamentum: The neophyte shall write his general confession and hand it to the receptor, confirming such a confession by oath and in presence of two testimonies, and it shall be kept in the files of the chapter.
		He shall without delay recite the Psalms, the Deuteronomy antique abridgement and be blessed by all Brothers who shall place their right hand on his head, and afterwards he shall swear: silence, obedience and fidelity.
	members.tripod.com /spicasc/ronceng.html (1439 words)

	Albigensians and Catharism: the socciety organistation, the dogma, the crusade...
		The Spirit is immortal, but will only be freed by the consolamentum, forcing it to reincarnate itself ad vitam aeternam so long as the consolamentum is not given (this reincarnation has nothing to do with the Hindouist belief that an immaculate way of living guarantees the reincarnation in a nobler being).
		A spirit that has not received the consolamentum may be reincarnated in whatever animal form over and over.
		Generally, they would give the "Consolamentum" to dying people, in order to purify them before they die, and therefore, making them Perfects before death and their creator.
	dolphyns.free.fr /English_Version/albigensians.htm (1079 words)

	Fr. Hardon Archives - Albigensianism
		The former, a small minority, were held to the observances of the ancient Cathari: the consolamentum or spiritual baptism through imposition of hands, which gave the right to preach the new religion, the appareillamentum or public confession of sins, and endura or starvation to death in order to be freed from the flesh.
		The consolamentum was received by any of the believers in danger of death, and it ensured salvation.
		It was this privilege that attracted so many believers (second category), and it was their great number that constituted the most dangerous element of the movement.
	www.therealpresence.org /archives/Heresies_Heretics/Heresies_Heretics_006.htm (984 words)

	History of the Christian Church, Volume V: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1049-1294. \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		Those not receiving the consolamentum were considered lost or passed at death into another body and returned to the earth.
		The consolamentum involved the renunciation of the seven sacraments.
		In addition to the consolamentum, the Cathari practised two rites called the melioramentum and the endura.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/hcc5.ii.xii.iii.html (3326 words)

	The Cathars
		This ceremony consisted of the Parfait laying his hands upon the head of the literally dying or upon the head of the believer who aspired to enter the community of the Parfaits.
		The ritual of the The Consolamentum may have strongly contributed to the rapid spread of Catharism.
		The rite of consolamentum, the 'enspiriting' of the Cathar effectively released the soul from the grip of the devil's material bondage and united it with the spirit of God, the Holy spirit, which until the rite exists, as it were, in a dormant state attending the delivery made possible by the love of Christ.
	www.bibliotecapleyades.net /esp_cataros_1.htm (3991 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Cathar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Commonly, the wiping away of sin, called the consolamentum, was performed on someone about to die.
		The consolamentum was the only sacrament of the Cathar faith.
		Women were treated as equals, because their physical form was irrelevant; their soul could have been a man's soul before, and it might once again become one.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Cathar (2056 words)

	HERESIES
		This was the Consolamentum, a ceremony that converted a simple believer into a Parfait.
		The reason that this is significant is that the Cathars themselves claimed a continual chain of descent, each Parfait having joined the inner circle of the Elect by being given the Consolamentum by an existing Parfait.
		After the depredations of the Inquisition in the fourteenth century, the chain of succession was restored in the Languedoc by two brothers who travelled to Piedmont to receive the Consolamentum from a Parfait there.
	www.voxdeibaptist.org /Catharism.htm (1339 words)

	The Invisible Basilica: The French Gnostic Church
		The Consolamentum, or "Baptism of the Spirit," was a mystic initiation ritual in which aspirants were brought into spiritual communion with the Gnostic Paraclete.
		In Doinel's Gnostic Church, the Consolamentum was not considered to be an absolute prerequisite for salvation and did not entail the strict obligations of the Cathar ceremony.
		If, through his or her own weakness, a Parfait violated his or her vows, which included absolute chastity, the state of grace bestowed by the Consolamentum was lost for the Parfait as well as for anyone who had received the Consolamentum from the Parfait.
	www.hermetic.com /sabazius/doinel.htm (3000 words)

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