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Cath·ar  (kthär)
n. pl. Cath·a·ri (--r) or Cath·ars
A member of a Christian sect flourishing in western Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries that professed a dualistic belief emphasizing ascetic renunciation of the world and was condemned by the Church as heretical.
[French Cathare, from sing. of Medieval Latin Cathar, from Late Greek Katharoi, from pl. of Greek katharos, pure.]
Cathar adj.
Catha·rism n.
Catha·rist adj. & n.
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Noun1.Cathars - a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
Albigenses, Cathari
religious order, religious sect, sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group


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Edited by Douglas Kenyon, the editor and publisher of the bimonthly journal "Atlantis Rising", Forbidden Religion: Suppressed Heresies of the West is an expose of hidden religions banned by the orthodox Church, from the time prior to Christ to the turbulent times of the Cathars and the Templars, to the Masons of the New World and much more.
Forbidden Religion by Internet Bookwatch
I found stories of people whose beliefs were often extreme, sometimes touching, sometimes ludicrous, sometimes frightening, and whose ends were often sad, violent, or both: the gnostics, the Cathars, the Free Spirit heretics, the Anabaptists who included many of my own ancestors, many others.
The hammer and the Free Spirit: toward a practical heresy by Gundy, Jeff / Cross Currents
The Inquisition, though eventually using the wrong methods, fought for the preservation of truth against groups such as the Albigensians and Cathars who threatened truth by spreading the views that marriage and sexual relations are evil
Vision TV's Inquisition by Catholic Insight
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