a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition
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catharism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | albigensianism |
| Type of | christian religion, christianity, heresy, unorthodoxy |
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Catharism apparently inherited their idea of Satan as the creator of the evil world from Gnosticism.
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Catharism attracted numerous women due to the promise of a sacerdotal role that the Catholic Church did not allow.
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Catharism disappeared from the northern Italian cities after the 1260s, under pressure from the Inquisition.
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Catharism was a form of dualism, also called Manichaeism, and rejected the authority of the Pope and many Christian teachings.
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Catharism had its roots in the Paulician movement in Armenia and the Bogomils of Bulgaria which took influences from the Paulicians.
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Catharism was condemned as a heresy.
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- Albigensianism: a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the ...
- (cathars) Albigenses: a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
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- (Cathar (race)) The Abyssin inhabit the planet Byss. They are a nomadic race, often described as "brutish and violent." They stand approximately two meters tall and have a humanoid appearance, with long limbs and weathered skin. ...
- (Cathar) a heretical movement found in Germany, Italy and France in the 11th to 13th centuries, based on a dualist belief in two Gods, one of good and one of evil; also known as Albigensians
- (Cathars) Dualist heretics active in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, mostly in southern France; the word derives from the Greek word catharos, "pure".
- (Cathars) a member of one of the various ascetic and dualistic Christian sects flourishing in the middle ages teaching that matter is evil, and professing faith in an angelic Christ who did not really undergo human birth or death. ^1
- The aiming at or proclaiming peculiar purity of life or doctrine as practised by the Novatians (3rd century), the Albigenses (12th century), and various others
