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To: 2ndDivisionVet

-— the Cathars rejected the bureaucracy of the Roman Catholic Church and refused to worship in temples or cathedrals. The Cathars also believed that men and women were equal—in Cathar communities, women often held important religious positions -—

They were a gnostic or proto-New Age cult that rejected marriage because they rejected the material world. The spread of their religion would have meant the literal end of society.


5 posted on 04/19/2015 5:01:16 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

I can see rejecting bureaucracy, but sounds like they went full retard


13 posted on 04/19/2015 5:09:16 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

So they must be exterminated. Right?


15 posted on 04/19/2015 5:14:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
Like the Shakers, if you left them alone they would have died out of their own accord.
37 posted on 04/19/2015 8:34:03 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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