Selah Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I have a question. Please don't take this the wrong way, I'm not attacking (you know me better than that ). But I just want to know what you all think about the massacre and the killings of the Carthars in the 1200s. They were pretty much annihilated by the Church. But they didn't seem to pose any threat, besides heresy, to the Church; so why were they killed? Wouldn't peaceful conversion have worked just fine? Granted, this was during the Crusades, and I have heard that they were more political than anything...would this be the case here? What do Catholics today think of this? Thanks! Selah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 History is full of stuff like this. We tend to focus on the Church's actions over the secular. It was a time when the younger sons of the nobility were like a rabble going around picking fights and starting wars. Kings could have someone's head put on a pike pretty much for disagreeing with his favorite color. The Church didn't do anything that wasn't common disciple for secular authorities. Life was short back then, and anyone who was different was seen as a threat to an orderly society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I was talking with Slappo about teh Cathars and teh Albigensian Crusade a while back. Small world. [url="http://www.amazon.com/Cathars-Dualist-Heretics-Languedoc-Medieval/dp/0582256623/"]This book[/url] is pretty interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah147 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Laudate, your cat avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selah Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Those cats are moon worshippers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 The keyboard cat will always be the best... Lolcats everywhere agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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