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Permalink Reply by Not mainstreamer on April 9, 2014 at 8:39am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharism

Catharism (from the Greek: katharoi, "the pure (ones)")[1][2] was a Christian dualist movement that thrived in some areas of Southern Europe, particularly northern Italy and southern France, between the 12th and 14th centuries. Cathar beliefs varied between communities because Catharism was initially taught by ascetic priests who had set few guidelines. The Cathars were a direct challenge to the Catholic Church, which denounced its practices and dismissed it outright as "the Church of Satan".[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albigensian_Crusade

The Albigensian Crusade or Cathar Crusade (1209–1229) was a 20-year military campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, in the south of France. ...

It was a very affluent area (?)

By the 12th century, more organized groups such as the Waldensians and Cathars were beginning to appear in the towns and cities of newly urbanized areas. In Western Mediterranean France, one of the most urbanized areas of Europe at the time, the Cathars grew to represent a popular mass movement[4] that included religion and politics, and the belief was spreading to other areas. Relatively few believers took the consolamentum to become full Cathars, but the movement attracted many followers and sympathisers.

Accurately understanding both beliefs is problematic as sources rely largely on the records made by the Inquisitors written from the perspective of medieaval Christianity.[5] The Cathars are regarded as dualistic, believing in two, equal and comparable transcendental principles; God, the force of good, and Satan, or the demiurge, that of evil.

How can it be there was so much "anti-Christianity" (devil worship) in Toulouse and Auvergne in Southern France. My answer: Khazarian nobility (Knights Templar) ruled this area. Papacy had to initiate a whole Crusade to defeat them.

King John of England was probabably related to these people

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Permalink Reply by Sweettina2 on April 9, 2014 at 3:52pm

I've read some on this.....interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Spydaman13 on April 9, 2014 at 9:19pm

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