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The name Albigenses, given them by the Council of Tours (1163) prevailed towards the end of the twelfth century and was for a long time applied to all the heretics of the south of France. They were also called Catharists (katharos, pure), though in reality they were only a branch of the Catharistic movement.
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Albigenses ( ) pl.n. The members of a Catharist religious sect of southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries, exterminated for heresy during the ... The Albigenses were extremely ascetic, abstaining from flesh in all its forms, including milk and cheese. They comprised two classes, believers and Perfect,
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The Albigenses taught that Jesus was God but that He only appeared as a man while on earth. It also taught that the Catholic church of the time was corrupted by its power and wealth. Their asceticism and humility compared to the great affluence of the clergy helped to bring many converts to this evangelistic movement.
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Get information, facts, and pictures about Albigenses at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about Albigenses easy with credible articles from our FREE, online encyclopedia and dictionary. ... The Albigenses were extremely ascetic, abstaining from flesh in all its forms, including milk and cheese.
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ALBIGENSES, the usual designation of the heretics---and more especially the Catharist heretics--of the south of France in the 12th and 13th centuries. This name appears to have been given to them at the end of the 12th century, and was used in 1181 by the chronicler Geoffroy de Vigeois.
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At first he tried pacific conversion but at last (1209) ordered the Cistercians to preach the crusade against the Albigenses. ... CREATE MY Albigenses NEW DOCUMENT...
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The Albigenses were extremely ascetic, abstaining from flesh in all its forms, including milk and cheese. They comprised two classes, believers and Perfect, the former much more numerous, making up a catechumenate not bound by the stricter rules observed by the Perfect.
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H. P. Blavatsky counts the Albigenses, whereby she presumably means their perfecti, among the successors of the Gnostics, and abundant evidence shows that they possessed the true gnosis or wisdom-knowledge. They had taken vows of chastity and poverty;
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In 1167 the Albigenses held a council of their own at Toulouse. Pope Innocent III attacked the problem anew, and his action in sending (1205) St. Dominic to lead a band of poor preaching friars into the Albigensian cities was decisive.
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