Catharism
Sign in to saveCatharism ( ; from the , "the pure ones") was a Christian quasi-dualist and pseudo-Gnostic movement which thrived in northern Italy and southern France between the 12th and 14th centuries. Denounced as a heretical sect by the Catholic Church, its followers were attacked first by the Albigensian Crusade and later by the Medieval Inquisition, which eradicated them by 1350. Thousands were slaughtered, hanged, or burned at the stake.
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Catharism was a Christian movement that emerged in medieval Italy and France (12th-14th centuries) and was condemned by the Catholic Church as heresy for its quasi-dualist and pseudo-Gnostic beliefs. The movement was violently suppressed through the Albigensian Crusade and the Medieval Inquisition, which killed thousands of followers and completely eliminated the sect by 1350.
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- Religion.name
- Catharism
- Religion.type
- Pseudo-Gnostic Christian movement
- Religion.founded_date
- c. 1200s
- Religion.theology
- Dualistic
- Religion.branched_from
- Roman Catholicism
- Religion.associations
- ChristianityGnosticism (disputed)
- Religion.defunct
- 14th century
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- Term
- Origins
- Beliefs
- Cosmology
- Christology
- Other beliefs
- Texts
- Organization
- Sacraments
- Social relationships
- Hierarchy
- Role of women
- Suppression
- Albigensian Crusade
- Massacre
- Treaty and persecution
- Annihilation
- Genocide
- Later history
- {{lang|fr|Pays cathare}}
- Interrogation of heretics
- Historical and current scholarship
- Debate on the nature and existence of Catharism
- In art and music
- Reinterpretations
- Protestants
- Baptists
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Catharism ( ; from the , "the pure ones") was a Christian quasi-dualist and pseudo-Gnostic movement which thrived in northern Italy and southern France between the 12th and 14th centuries. Denounced as a heretical sect by the Catholic Church, its followers were attacked first by the Albigensian Crusade and later by the Medieval Inquisition, which eradicated them by 1350. Thousands were slaughtered, hanged, or burned at the stake.
Followers were known as Cathars or Albigensians, after the French city Albi where the movement first took hold, but referred to themselves as Good Christians. They believed that there were not one, but two Godsthe good God of Heaven and the evil god of this age (). According to tradition, Cathars believed that the good God was the God of the New Testament faith and creator of the spiritual realm. Many Cathars identified the evil god as Satan, the master of the physical world, who was the same as the God of the Old Testament.