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We know the Cathars as the preceding brotherhood. The medieval Roman church did its level best to eradicate the influence of the Cathars upon the people of southern France, Spain and beyond. In appearance they did succeed, through cold-blooded murder and intimidation. In truth, they ultimately failed, as the presence of you, this writer and all those who continue to answer the call of the Gnosis unassailably proves.
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Why Were the Teachings of the Original Christians Brutally
Suppressed by the Roman Church?
Catharism was for many years the prevalent form of Christianity in large
areas of France, Spain and Italy. The Cathars called themselves the friends of
God and condemned the literalist Church as the Church of the Anti-Christ. They
claimed to be the living inheritors of the true Christian heritage that had
persisted in secret and which still had large numbers of adherents throughout
the world.
Like the original Christians, the Cathars were vegetarians, believed in reincarnation and considered the Old Testament god Jehovah to be a tyrant...
The Cathars were respected for their goodness, even by their opponents. The Catholic Bernard of Clairveaux writes:
"If you interrogate them, no one could be more Christian. As to their conversation, nothing can be less reprehensible, and what they speak they prove by deeds. As for the morals of the heretics, they cheat no one, they oppress no one, they strike no one."
Despite this, the infamous Inquisition was set up by the Roman Church specifically to eradicate the Cathars, which it did with ferocious enthusiasm, burning alive men, women and children. From 1139 onwards the Roman Church began calling councils to condemn the heretics. Pope Innocent III declared that 'anyone who attempted to construe a personal view of God which conflicted with Church dogma must be burned without pity'. In 1208 he offered indulgences and "eternal salvation", as well as the lands and property taken from the heretics, to anyone who would take up the crusade against the Cathars. This launched a brutal 30-year pogrom which decimated southern France. Twelve thousand people were killed at St Nazaire and ten thousand at Toulouse, to give just two examples.
Like the original Christians, the Cathars were vegetarians, believed in reincarnation and considered the Old Testament god Jehovah to be a tyrant...
The Cathars were respected for their goodness, even by their opponents. The Catholic Bernard of Clairveaux writes:
"If you interrogate them, no one could be more Christian. As to their conversation, nothing can be less reprehensible, and what they speak they prove by deeds. As for the morals of the heretics, they cheat no one, they oppress no one, they strike no one."
Despite this, the infamous Inquisition was set up by the Roman Church specifically to eradicate the Cathars, which it did with ferocious enthusiasm, burning alive men, women and children. From 1139 onwards the Roman Church began calling councils to condemn the heretics. Pope Innocent III declared that 'anyone who attempted to construe a personal view of God which conflicted with Church dogma must be burned without pity'. In 1208 he offered indulgences and "eternal salvation", as well as the lands and property taken from the heretics, to anyone who would take up the crusade against the Cathars. This launched a brutal 30-year pogrom which decimated southern France. Twelve thousand people were killed at St Nazaire and ten thousand at Toulouse, to give just two examples.
Béziers sacked and burnt 22nd July 1209
The inquisitor Bernard Gui instructed that no one should argue with the
unbeliever, but 'thrust his sword into the man's belly as far as it will go.' At
Beziers, when asked how to tell who was a Cathar and who was not, the commanding
legate, Arnaud, replied, 'Kill them all, for God will know his own.' Not a child
was spared.
Carcassonne taken by Crusaders 15th August 1209
Montségur - last stronghold of the Cathars
The Inquisition
By 1215, the Council of Lateran established the dread Inquisition. During the
next 50 years the toll of those killed by this infamous arm of the Church
climbed to one million, more than in all of the other crusades against heresies
combined.
Cathars and supporters burnt at Montségur 16th March,
1244
Throughout these trials, Montségur quietly defied the Church, standing as a
bastion of faith. The brave Cathari and their supporters resisted for six
months. but, through an act of treachery, the difficult mountain was scaled, and
in march of 1244, Montségur surrendered. Singing, 205 Cathars marched down the
mountain and into the large bonfires awaiting them.
At Montségur, at Minerve, in the dungeons of Carcasonne, it is told that
the Parfaits went willingly to their fate, helping others at the same time
achieve release without fear or
pain.
Yet despite the persecutions, the Gnostic free spirit could not be
extinguished.
Excerpted from The Trail of Gnosis - Judith Mann
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Mainstream history books make not a single mention of this unholy crusade. Those who control what you see and hear do not want the masses to obtain any contact or link with the Gnosis, which is where exposure to the the history of the Cathars would eventually lead. This writer had to wait until mature adulthood to find out about the Church's bloody vendetta to usurp the pure rival that posed a threat to its corrupt teachings. But, as noted at the top of this post, despite their most diligent and bloodthirsty efforts, they...have...failed.
"At the end of 700 years, the laurel will be green once more"
- Bélibaste, the last Cathar to be burnt alive
in the Corbières village of Villerouge-Termenès in 1321
in the Corbières village of Villerouge-Termenès in 1321
We're back.
~ g
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