Catharism
Americannoun
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Thanks to recent research, an increasing amount is known about Catharism.
From Time Magazine Archive
And in modern France, where popular apostasy from Catholicism is today wider and deeper than anything Pope Innocent could have imagined, the ancient heresy of Catharism is enjoying a remarkable revival of interest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Catharism by this time had been forced back to the humbler class among whom it had found its first disciples.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
Catharism was chiefly a negative heresy; it denied the doctrines, hierarchy and worship of the Catholic Church, as well as the essential rights of the State.
From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Conway, Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis)
Yet, even in the distant city of Leon, Catharism had obtained a foothold.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
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