Catharists

They were also called Catharists (katharos, pure), though in reality they were only a branch of the Catharistic movement.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The Albigensians (Catharists of Albi) and the Waldensians (followers of Peter Waldo) originally represented a reaction of the lower classes against clerical corruption, but the movement was soon espoused by the nobles, who saw in it a chance to appropriate Church lands.

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The maxim of Peter Cantor was still adhered to: "Catharists, even though divinely convicted in an ordeal, must not be punished by death."

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Philip Augustus of France had eight Catharists burnt at Troyes in

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

In 1144 Adalerbo II of Liège hoped to bring some imprisoned Catharists to better knowledge through the grace of God, but the people, less indulgent, assailed the unhappy creatures and only with the greatest trouble did the bishop succeed in rescuing some of them from death by fire.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

As early as 1226 King James I had forbidden the Catharists his kingdom, and in 1228 had outlawed both them and their friends.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Parenzo (1199) and St. Peter of Verona (1252); or, like Pungilovo, who after his death (1269) was temporarily honoured as a saint by the local Catholic population, they outwardly observed Catholic practices while remaining faithful Catharists.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Other Catharists, in spite of the archbishops intervention, were given their choice by the magistrates of Milan between doing homage to the Cross and mounting the pyre.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

The Gnostics, Montanists, and Catharists, who, in their attacks on the special priesthood, had misapplied the metaphor, were just as illogical as the Reformers, since the two ideas, real and figurative priesthood, are quite compatible.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Catharists are not to be put to death, at least not when they refrain from armed assaults upon the Church.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913