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To: StAthanasiustheGreat; Upbeat; Dr. Eckleburg
Not to excuse the Catholic Church here, but I would be careful before you claim the “Cathars” as reformed Christians. They were closer to Gnostics.

"It is exceedingly difficult to form any very precise idea of the Albigensian doctrines because present knowledge of them is derived from their opponents and from the very rare and uninformative Albigensian texts which have come down to us. What is certain is that, above all, they formed an antisacerdotal party in permanent opposition to the Roman church and raised a continued protest against the corruption of the clergy of their time...." [Copyright © 1994-2000 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., Albigenses]

18 posted on 07/07/2007 5:34:38 PM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: Uncle Chip

If you want to claim them, you can. I just would caution you against it.


19 posted on 07/07/2007 5:39:12 PM PDT by StAthanasiustheGreat (Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit)
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