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The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages
The Cathars The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages
Author: Sean Martin
Without lifting a sword, the Cathars posed a threat to Catholicism greater than the Muslims or Jews -- or so the Church believed. The Cathars believed that matter was essentially evil -- especially the human body -- and that the material world had to be transcended through a simple life of prayer, work, fasting, and nonviolence. Though they radi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780785821717
ISBN-10: 0785821716
Publication Date: 7/30/2006
Pages: 192
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Book Type: Hardcover
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