new.morning wrote: > Interesting segment on an Inquisition series on PBS> TURQ -- did you > happen to see it (do you get PBS there? -- if not its probably > downloadable). > > A major theme of the Cathatr story that I was not aware of was priests > making "sacred love" to fair young maidens. Perhaps not a new > phenomenon, but the "rap" these guys had would make turq, curtis and > others jealous -- and taking copious notes. > > > http://www.pbs.org/inquisition/cathars.html > > Premieres May 2007 > Check your local listings > > By Dr. Stephen Haliczer > Northern Illinois University > (edited from an interview by David Rabinovitch) > [The Church and The Meterial World] > > The Cathar heresy was a major challenge to the Roman Catholic Church. > It combined a tradition of itinerate preachers in the forests of > France with a very aesthetic quality. The Cathars rejected the Roman > Catholic, the entire church structure. They said they were the only > true Christians. They developed an alternative religion, an > alternative hierarchy, an alternative priesthood that attracted many > adherents in that period, which is why the Cathar heresy above all > occasioned the founding of the inquisition. I saw some of that last night. Looks pretty interesting so I will try to DVR some of it for later viewing.
