Catharism

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Catharism was a dualist Christian heretical movement that flourished in southern France and parts of Europe in the 12th–13th centuries, teaching a radical opposition between the spiritual good and the material evil.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Catharism canonical 26
Cathars 8
Bogomilism 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian heresy ⓘ
dualist religious movement ⓘ
medieval Christian sect ⓘ
alternativeName Albigensianism ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
associatedWithCity Albi ⓘ
condemnedAtCouncil Fourth Lateran Council ⓘ
coreDoctrine belief that the material world is evil ⓘ
belief that the spiritual realm is good ⓘ
dualism ⓘ
radical opposition between spirit and matter ⓘ
cosmology evil creator of the material world ⓘ
good God of spirit ⓘ
two opposing principles of good and evil ⓘ
ethicalIdeal asceticism ⓘ
nonviolence ⓘ
vegetarianism for Perfects ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
flourishedInRegion Languedoc ⓘ
Occitania ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy

parts of western Europe ⓘ
southern France ⓘ
linked to: Southern France
followersCalled Cathars ⓘ
linked to: Catharism

Good Men ⓘ
Good Women ⓘ
highestRankOfMembers Perfects ⓘ
influenced later anti-clerical movements ⓘ
influencedBy Bogomilism ⓘ
keyRitual consolamentum ⓘ
spiritual baptism ⓘ
languageOfRegion Occitan ⓘ
layMembersCalled Believers ⓘ
persecutedBy Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
regardedAs heresy by the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
rejectedDoctrine Catholic priesthood ⓘ
doctrine of purgatory ⓘ
sacraments of the Catholic Church ⓘ
veneration of the cross ⓘ
rejectedPractice capital punishment ⓘ
oaths ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scriptureEmphasized Gospel of John ⓘ
scriptureUsed New Testament ⓘ
suppressedBy Medieval Inquisition ⓘ
linked to: Inquisition
suppressedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
targetOfCrusade Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
viewOfChrist denial that Christ had a true material body ⓘ
docetic Christology ⓘ
viewOnMarriage rejected as a sacrament ⓘ
viewOnReproduction discouraged procreation among Perfects ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Dominic → combatedHeresy → Catharism ⓘ
Albigensian Crusade → religiousTarget → Cathars ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Albigensian Crusade → conflictWith → Cathar heresy ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Manichaeism → influenced → Bogomilism ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Manichaeism → influenced → Catharism ⓘ
Gnosticism → influenced → Bogomilism ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Gnosticism → influenced → Catharism ⓘ
Occitania → historicalReligion → Catharism ⓘ
Catharism → alternativeName → Albigensianism ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Catharism → followersCalled → Cathars ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Roman Catholic authorities (historical) → opposed → Cathars ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Battle of Muret → relatedTo → Catharism ⓘ
Lords of Languedoc → religiousContext → Catharism ⓘ
subject linked to: lords of Languedoc
County of Toulouse → significantFor → Cathar movement ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Arnaud Amalric → primaryOpponents → Cathars ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Arnaud Amalric → primaryOpponents → Albigensians ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Massacre at Béziers → targetedGroup → Cathars ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Ad extirpanda → mentions → Cathars ⓘ
subject linked to: papal bull Ad extirpanda
linked to: Catharism
Lateran IV → addressedIssue → Albigensian heresy ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Cathar castles → associatedWith → Catharism ⓘ
Albigeois → knownFor → Cathar movement ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Albigeois → associatedReligiousGroup → Cathars ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Albigeois → associatedReligiousGroup → Albigensians ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Cathar castle of Puilaurens → associatedWith → Cathar movement ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Languedoc → religiousHistory → Catharism ⓘ
Treaty of Meaux-Paris → topic → Catharism ⓘ
Bosnian Church → distinctFrom → Bogomilism ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Bosnian Church → distinctFrom → Catharism ⓘ
Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria → combated → Bogomil heresy ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Good Men → religiousTradition → Catharism ⓘ
Good Men → religiousAffiliation → Cathars ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
Good Women → religiousTradition → Catharism ⓘ
Perfects → religion → Catharism ⓘ