tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992842639537415636.post1794269300722335943..comments2023-10-20T10:33:11.502-05:00Comments on Stranger in a Strange Land: Almost Forgot - It's Mardi GrasPaul Bernacchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373373724684811736noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992842639537415636.post-53027836635682077822009-02-23T12:38:00.000-06:002009-02-23T12:38:00.000-06:00Albigensians or "Cathars" derives from the Greek w...Albigensians or "Cathars" derives from the Greek word Katheroi and means "Pure Ones". They were a gnostic Christian pacifistic sect that arose in the 11th century, an offshoot of a small surviving European gnostic community that emigrated to the Albigensian region in the south of France.The medieval Cathar movement flourished in the 12th century A.D. throughout Europe until its virtual extermination at the hands of the Inquisition in 1245.<BR/><BR/>There are an ever increasing number of historians and other academics engaged in serious Cathar studies. Interestingly, to date, the deeper they have dug, the more they have vindicated Cathar claims to represent a survival of the Earliest Christian Church.<BR/><BR/>Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Brad Hoffstetter<BR/>Communications Division<BR/>Assembly of good Christians<BR/>http://www.cathar.net<BR/><BR/>May we suggest the following scholarly sources:<BR/>1. http://www.hereticswithoutborders.org/<BR/>2. http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/<BR/>3. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html<BR/>4. http://www.languedoc-france.info/1212b_moreinfo.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com