The Church in the World - The Embraced, the Rejected, and the Subdued - Cathars
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What were other names for heretics in France?
Other names for the heretics in southern France: Albigensians or Cathars.
How did Church leaders dub the Cathars?
They dubbed the Cathars "dualists," accusing them of believing that the world was torn between two great forces, one good and the other evil.
Why did Western churchmen use the term "dualist"?
- It was to counter groups who questioned the sacraments and the institutional Church and who were also reputedly dualists.
- Classifying heretics as such created a powerful new tool of persecution and coercion that came to be used by both ecclesiastical and secular rulers.
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