Good Men

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Good Men were the ascetic spiritual leaders and adherents of the medieval Christian dualist movement known as Catharism, particularly active in southern France and northern Italy.

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Label Occurrences
Good Men canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ascetic community ⓘ
religious group ⓘ
activeInCentury 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
activeInPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
alternativeName Bons Hommes ⓘ
Bonshommes ⓘ
associatedWith Cathar Perfects ⓘ
clothingPractice simple dark robes ⓘ
condemnedAs heretics ⓘ
dietaryPractice vegetarian tendencies ⓘ
doctrineType Christian dualism ⓘ
educationRole taught Cathar doctrine to believers ⓘ
endOfMovement largely eradicated by 14th century ⓘ
ethicalTeaching rejection of killing ⓘ
rejection of oaths ⓘ
rejection of property ownership ⓘ
genderInclusion included women as Good Women or Bonnes Femmes ⓘ
geographicRegion northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy

southern France ⓘ
linked to: Southern France
influenceRegion County of Toulouse ⓘ
Languedoc ⓘ
Lombardy ⓘ
languageOfName Occitan ⓘ
organizationalStructure itinerant preachers ⓘ
persecutedBy Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
persecutedInEvent Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
practicedAsceticism true ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Cathars ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
religiousTradition Catharism ⓘ
requiredRitual consolamentum ⓘ
ritualRole administered consolamentum ⓘ
preached to laity ⓘ
roleInMovement religious adherents ⓘ
spiritual leaders ⓘ
scripturalBasis New Testament ⓘ
socialRole moral exemplars for Cathar communities ⓘ
travelPattern moved in pairs ⓘ
viewOnChurch rejected authority of Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
viewOnGod belief in two opposing principles ⓘ
viewOnSacraments rejected Catholic sacraments except consolamentum ⓘ
viewOnWorld material world is evil ⓘ
vowType celibacy ⓘ
non-violence ⓘ
poverty ⓘ

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Catharism → followersCalled → Good Men ⓘ