The Albigensian heresy originated in southern France in the 12th-13th centuries and involved dualist beliefs that the material world was evil. Followers believed souls were trapped in human bodies by an evil deity. They opposed the Catholic Church's wealth and teachings. Pope Innocent III and Saint Dominic led a crusade against the heresy, starting in 1208, which helped diminish its influence through preaching and military force, though it was never fully eradicated.
The Albigensian heresy originated in southern France in the 12th-13th centuries and involved dualist beliefs that the material world was evil. Followers believed souls were trapped in human bodies by an evil deity. They opposed the Catholic Church's wealth and teachings. Pope Innocent III and Saint Dominic led a crusade against the heresy, starting in 1208, which helped diminish its influence through preaching and military force, though it was never fully eradicated.
The Albigensian heresy originated in southern France in the 12th-13th centuries and involved dualist beliefs that the material world was evil. Followers believed souls were trapped in human bodies by an evil deity. They opposed the Catholic Church's wealth and teachings. Pope Innocent III and Saint Dominic led a crusade against the heresy, starting in 1208, which helped diminish its influence through preaching and military force, though it was never fully eradicated.
The Albigensian heresy originated in southern France in the 12th-13th centuries and involved dualist beliefs that the material world was evil. Followers believed souls were trapped in human bodies by an evil deity. They opposed the Catholic Church's wealth and teachings. Pope Innocent III and Saint Dominic led a crusade against the heresy, starting in 1208, which helped diminish its influence through preaching and military force, though it was never fully eradicated.
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THE ALBIGENSIAN HERESY
BY: OWEN DAUGHERTY AND TREVOR HUDDLESTON
WHEN ALBIGENSIAN HERESY STARTED
THE ALBIGENSIAN HERESY WAS A NAME GIVEN TO ALL
HERETICS LIVING IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AROUND THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES. IT WAS BROUGHT TO SOUTHERN FRANCE FROM TRADE ROUTES AROUND EUROPE. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC END DATE. ALBIGENSIAN HERESY BELIEFS THE ALBIGENSES BELIEVES IN CATHARI, A DUALIST RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT. DUALIST MEANING THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE GOOD AND ONE EVIL PRINCIPLE IN THE WORLD. THEIR MAIN BELIEF WAS THE THE EARTH WAS A POINT WHERE GOOD (THE SOULS OF PEOPLE) MET EVIL (ALL MATTER IN THE WORLD, SUCH AS HUMAN BODIES). THEY STARTED A MOVEMENT AGAINST PRIESTS AND THE CLERGY BECAUSE THEY WERE RICH AND THE ALBIGENSES DISLIKED THE IDEA OF PLEASURE IN THE WORLD LIKE MATERIAL ITEMS BECAUSE THEY AVOIDED EARTHLY PLEASURES THEY DID NOT GET MARRIED, DID NOT EAT FOOD THAT TASTED GOOD, AND SOME EVEN COMMITTED SUICIDE TO GET RID OF THEIR EARTHLY BODY. THE CHURCH DISAGREES
THE CHURCH DISPROVED THIS HERESY BECAUSE IT IS KNOWN THAT GOD
CREATED EVERYTHING GOOD. THEREFORE, EARTHLY MATERIALS COULD NOT BE EVIL THE CHURCH ALSO SAID THAT BY THEIR BELIEF THAT ALL MATERIAL THINGS SUCH AS HUMAN BODIES WERE EVIL, THEY DENIED THE INCARNATION OF JESUS. BY THIS BELIEF, THE VERY BODY OF GOD WOULD BE A SINFUL OBJECT. WHO FOUGHT AGAINST ALBIGENSIAN HERESY?
THE MAIN FIGHTERS OF THIS HERESY WERE POPE INNOCENT III AND SAINT DOMINIC. POPE INNOCENT III CALLED THE ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE TO BATTLE THE HERETICS. SAINT DOMINIC CREATED A GROUP CALLED THE DOMINICANS TO PREACH TO THE HERETICS LIVING IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. THE HERESY STARTS TO FALL
AFTER POPE INNOCENT CALLED THE ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE IN 1208,
THE HERESY STARTED TO DIMINISH. MANY PEOPLE IN NORTHERN FRANCE SAW THIS AS AN EASY OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN EASY INDULGENCE SINCE FRANCE WAS SO CLOSE TO THEM, GIVING THE CRUSADE A LOT OF SUPPORT. THE CRUSADE NEVER COMPLETELY GOT RID OF THE ALBIGENSIAN HERESY, BUT IT IS THE MAIN REASON IT DIED DOWN. WORKS CITED
BALDWIN, MARSHALL W., AND THOMAS F. MADDEN. "ALBIGENSIAN
CRUSADE." ENCYCLOPDIA BRITANNICA. ENCYCLOPDIA BRITANNICA, INC., 05 MAY 2010. WEB. 30 MAR. 2017. "THE ROSARY AND SAINT DOMINIC DEFEAT HERESY." AMERICAN TFP. N.P., 29 SEPT. 2016. WEB. 30 MAR. 2017.
